Kimitoön ( fi, Kemiönsaari) is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality ...
and
island of
Finland
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. It was created on 1 January 2009, when the municipalities of
Dragsfjärd
Dragsfjärd is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009 it was consolidated with Kimito and Västanfjärd to form the new municipality of Kimitoön.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwes ...
,
Kimito and
Västanfjärd were consolidated into a single municipality.
The municipality is located in the
Archipelago Sea in the
Southwest Finland region
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. The municipality has a population of ()
and covers an area of of which is water.
The
population density
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is . Actual island is the largest coastal island of
Finland
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with the area of . It is situated in the
Southwest Finland region in
Western Finland province. The island has a population of 7,500 divided between the two municipalities: Kimitoön and
Salo of which Salo is mostly located on the mainland. Kimitoön is
bilingual with the majority speaking
Swedish
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and a minority
Finnish as their native language.
Politics
Results of the
2015 Finnish parliamentary election in Kimitoön:
*
Swedish People's Party 49.6%
*
Social Democratic Party 13.0%
*
Left Alliance 9.7%
*
True Finns 6.7%
*
Centre Party 10.4%
*
National Coalition Party 5.4%
*
Green League 3.8%
*
Christian Democrats 0.8%
*Other parties 0.6%
Gallery
See also
*
Fasta Åland
*
Hailuoto
References
External links
Municipality of Kimitoön– Official website
Finnish islands in the Baltic
Populated coastal places in Finland
Populated places established in 2009
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