| Kimito kommun - Kemiön kunta | |||||
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| Province | Western Finland | ||||
| Region | Southwest Finland | ||||
| Sub-region | Åboland | ||||
| Area - Of which land - Rank | 320.17 km2 317.88 km2 ranked281st | ||||
| Population - Density - Change - Rank | 3,301 (2004) 10.4 inhabitants/km2 + 0.1% ranked277th | ||||
| 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 aformer municipality ofFinland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated withDragsfjärd andVästanfjärd to form the new municipality ofKimitoön. Prior to the consolidation, it was one of the four municipalities located onKimito island, the other three beingVästanfjärd,Dragsfjärd andHalikko.
It is located in theprovince ofWestern Finland and is part of theSouthwest Finlandregion. 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. Thepopulation density was 10.38 inhabitants per km2.
The municipality wasbilingual, with majority beingSwedish and minorityFinnish speakers.
It was the place whereTantalum was discovered along withYtterby.
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