Kimito (;
) is a
former municipality of
Finland
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. 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
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of
Western Finland
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Histor ...
and is part of the
Southwest Finland region
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. The municipality had a population of 3,301 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 320.17 km
2 (excluding sea) of which 2.29 km
2 is inland water. The
population density
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was 10.38 inhabitants per km
2.
The municipality was
bilingual
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, with majority being
Swedish and minority
Finnish speakers.
It was the place where
Tantalum
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was discovered along with
Ytterby
Ytterby () is a village on the Swedish island of Resarö, in Vaxholm Municipality in the Stockholm archipelago. Today the residential area is dominated by suburban homes.
The name of the village translates to "outer village". Ytterby is the ...
.
Events
*
Kimito Island Music Festival
* Baltic Jazz Festival
* Norpas Festival
* mörkÖ Festival
Notable people
*
Amos Anderson (1878–1961), Finnish entrepreneur and patron of the arts
*
Niklas Hollsten
Niklas Hollsten (born 15 November 1983 in Kimito) is a Finnish freeride snowboarder.
Career
He has represented Finland
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(born 1983), Finnish
freeride snowboarder
References
External links
* – in Swedish and Finnish
Populated places disestablished in 2009
2009 disestablishments in Finland
Former municipalities of Finland
Kimitoön
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