Mynämäki

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Municipality in Southwest Finland, Finland

Mynämäki Virmo
Municipality
Mynämäen kunta Virmo kommun
Mynämäki Church
Coat of arms
Location of Mynämäki in Finland
Coordinates: 60°41′N 021°59′E / 60.683°N 21.983°E / 60.683; 21.983
Country	Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Turku sub-region
Re-established	2007
Government
• Municipal manager	Carita Maisila
Area (2018-01-01)^[1]
• Total	536.08 km² (206.98 sq mi)
• Land	519.84 km² (200.71 sq mi)
• Water	16.37 km² (6.32 sq mi)
• Rank	170th largest in Finland
Population (2023-12-31)^[2]
• Total	7,513
• Rank	126th largest in Finland
• Density	14.45/km² (37.4/sq mi)
Population by native language ^[3]
• Finnish	96% (official)
• Swedish	0.9%
• Others	3.1%
Population by age ^[4]
• 0 to 14	15%
• 15 to 64	57.9%
• 65 or older	27.2%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Climate	Dfb
Website	www.mynamaki.fi

Mynämäki (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmynæˌmæki]; Swedish: Virmo) is a municipality of Finland located in the Southwest Finland region. Neighbouring municipalities are Aura, Eura, Laitila, Masku, Nousiainen, Pöytyä, Rusko, Taivassalo, Turku and Vehmaa.

The municipality has a population of 7,513 (31 December 2023)^[2] and covers an area of 536.08 square kilometres (206.98 sq mi) of which 16.37 km² (6.32 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 14.45 inhabitants per square kilometre (37.4/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The municipality of Karjala was consolidated with Mynämäki in 1977. The municipality of Mietoinen was consolidated with Mynämäki in 2007.

Notable people

Count Augustin Ehrensvärd (1710–1772) - Field Marshal and the military architect of the Suomenlinna fortress
Daniel Juslenius (1676–1752)
Antti Lizelius (1708–1795) - Vicar of Mynämäki in 1761 - 1795, was the publisher of the first Finnish language newspaper - Suomenkieliset Tietosanomat
Pekka Aakula (1866–1928)
Toivo Sukari (born 1954)

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.