Kimitoön (; ; ) is a municipality and island of Finland. It was created on 1 January 2009, when the municipalities of Dragsfjärd, Kimito and Västanfjärd were consolidated into a single municipality. The former municipal councils accepted the merger on 26 June 2007.
The municipality is located in the Archipelago Sea in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The actual island is the largest coastal island of Finland with an 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 a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of Finnish speakers, Swedish speakers, and speakers of other languages.
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
Climate Kimitoön has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb) with some oceanic influences.
See also
Fasta Åland Hailuoto
References
External links
Municipality of Kimitoön – Official website