Kimito

Former municipality of Finland

Kimito kommun - Kemiön kunta


Coat of Arms	Location

Province

Western Finland

Region

Southwest Finland

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 inhabitants/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: [ˈtɕimito] ^ⓘ;^[1] 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 Southwest Finland 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.