Naantalin maalaiskunta (''Nådendals landskommun'' in Swedish), or the rural municipality of Naantali, as distinct from the city of Naantali, is a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

. The municipality was located in south-western Finland, surrounding the city of Naantali, and composed of rural and suburban areas around it, mostly on the island of

Luonnonmaa Luonnonmaa is an island in Southwest Finland. The island is in the Finnish Archipelago Sea ( Finnish: ''Saaristomeri'') region of the Baltic Sea, and located in the southernmost part of Finnish territorial waters. With an area of 44.0 square kilo ...

and to the north of the city. By the 1960s, the city had expanded well outside its administrative boundaries, and rural municipality's population had exceeded that of the city. The rural municipality, which also suffered from financial difficulties, was annexed into the city of Naantali in 1964.

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Populated places disestablished in 1964 Former municipalities of Finland Naantali {{WesternFinland-geo-stub