Vehmaa | |
Official Name: | Finnish: Vehmaan kunta Swedish: Vemo kommun |
Other Name: | Vemo |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Coordinates: | 60.6867°N 63.8°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Finland |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Southwest Finland |
Subdivision Type2: | Sub-region |
Subdivision Name2: | Vakka-Suomi sub-region |
Leader Title: | Municipal manager |
Leader Name: | Pekka Seppälä |
Established Title: | Charter |
Established Date: | 1869 |
Blank3 Name: | Climate |
Blank3 Info: | Dfb |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +02:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +03:00 |
Website: | www.vehmaa.fi |
Vehmaa (in Finnish pronounced as /ˈʋehmɑː/; Swedish: Vemo) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of NaNVehmaa}} of which NaNVehmaa}} is water. The population density is NaNVehmaa.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Vehmaa is known of their red Granite Balmoral red, as well as being the birthplace of Albin Stenroos who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1924 Olympics. According to Traficom, Vehmaa is the fifth most motorized municipality in Finland with 628 cars per 1000 inhabitants.[1]
The church of Vehmaa was probably built between in the 14th or 15th century. The pulpit was installed in the 17th century, and the other interior is from the 1840s. The church was dedicated to Saint Margaret.[2] [3]