Loimaan kunta explained

Loimaan kunta
Official Name:Finnish: Loimaan kunta
Swedish: Loimaa kommun
Settlement Type:Former municipality
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Finland
Coordinates:60.8678°N 22.985°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Finland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Western Finland
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Southwest Finland
Subdivision Type3:Sub-region
Subdivision Name3:Loimaa sub-region
Extinct Title:Merged with Loimaa
Extinct Date:January 1, 2005
Seat:Hirvikoski
Leader Title:City manager
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:435.6
Area Land Km2:434.08
Area Water Km2:1.52
Population Total:5991
Population As Of:2002
Population Rank:179th
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Note:-1.0 % change
Blank Name:Official languages
Blank Info:Finnish
Blank3 Name:Climate
Blank3 Info:Dfc
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3

Loimaan kunta (pronounced as /fi/; sv|Loimaa kommun; literally "Municipality of Loimaa", until 1921 Loimaa, 1921–1977 Loimaan maalaiskunta; sv|Loimaa landskommun) is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged to the town of Loimaa in the beginning of 2005.

It was located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 5,909 (2003) and covered an area of 434.08 km² of which 1.52 km² was water. The population density was 13.6 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.