Kimito

 

Kimito kommun - Kemiön kunta
Coat of Arms Location
Province	Western Finland
Region	Finland Proper
Sub-region	Åboland
Area - Of which land - Rank	320.17 km² 317.88 km² ranked 281st
Population - Density - Change - Rank	3,301 (2004) 10.4 inh./km² + 0.1% ranked 277th
Urbanisation	39.3%
Unemployment	7.2%
Official languages	Swedish, Finnish
Municipal manager	Tom Simola
Home page	http://www.kimito.fi

Kimito (Swedish pronunciation: [t̠ʃimito]; Finnish: Kemiö, [ˈkemiø]) is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Dragsfjärd and Västanfjärd to form the new municipality of Kimitoön. Prior to the consolidation, it was one of the four municipalities located on Kimito island, the other three being Västanfjärd, Dragsfjärd and Halikko.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 3,301 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 320.17 km² (excluding sea) of which 2.29 km² is inland water. The population density was 10.38 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was bilingual, with majority being Swedish and minority Finnish speakers.

External links

Media related to Kimito at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website – in Swedish and Finnish