| Vähäkyrö | |
| Official Name: | Finnish: Vähäkyrön kunta Swedish: Lillkyro kommun |
| Other Name: | Swedish: Lillkyro |
| Settlement Type: | Former municipality |
| Mapsize: | 150px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Finland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ostrobothnia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Sub-region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kyrönmaa sub-region |
| Leader Title: | Municipal manager |
| Leader Name: | Jouni Haapaniemi |
| Established Title: | Charter |
| Established Date: | 1868 |
| Extinct Title: | Consolidated |
| Extinct Date: | 2013 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 177.66 |
| Area Land Km2: | 175.67 |
| Area Water Km2: | 1.99 |
| Population As Of: | 31 December 2012 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 4727 |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 63.055°N 28.5°W |
| Website: | www.vahakyro.fi |
Vähäkyrö (Swedish: Lillkyro) is a former municipality of Finland and an exclave of the city of Vaasa since January 1, 2013.
It was located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 4,727 (31 December 2012) and covered an area of of which 1.99km2 was water. The population density was . The municipality was unilingually Finnish.[3]
Vähäkyrö held a referendum about joining Vaasa in May 2012, with 49% of votes against the amalgamation and 48% for it - the no side won by a margin of 13 votes. However, a vote held by the municipal council passed the amalgamation, overturning the referendum with 18 yes and 9 no votes. The vote held in Vaasa was unanimous, thus sealing the amalgamation. The municipality officially ceased to exist on New Year's Day 2013.
The amalgation of Vähäkyrö to Vaasa was historical in Finnish geography, because two municipalities without any common border merged for the first time, making Vähäkyrö an exclave of Vaasa and also the first exclave in the history of sovereign Finland. Worth noting is that even though the municipality of Säynätsalo was merged to Jyväskylä in 1993 and the two had no common border by land, Säynätsalo did not become an exclave because the municipalities shared a borderline of few hundred meters in the middle of Lake Päijänne.