Mynämäki (; ) is a municipality of Finland located in the Southwest Finland region. Neighbouring municipalities are Aura, Eura, Laitila, Masku, Nousiainen, Pöytyä, Rusko, Taivassalo, Turku and Vehmaa.
The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The municipality of Karjala was consolidated with Mynämäki in 1977. The municipality of Mietoinen was consolidated with Mynämäki in 2007.
In the 1980s, the local traditional dishes of Mynämäki were waffle called poffe, and cheese called laurinjuusto made from cow's or goat's milk, which is dried until it can be cut with scissors, for example into soured milk gruel. It can also be smoked using a marsh Labrador tea.
Notable people
Count Augustin Ehrensvärd (1710–1772) – Field Marshal and the military architect of the Suomenlinna fortress Daniel Juslenius (1676–1752) Antti Lizelius (1708–1795) – Vicar of Mynämäki in 1761–1795, was the publisher of the first Finnish language newspaper Suomenkieliset Tietosanomat Pekka Aakula (1866–1928) Toivo Sukari (born 1954)
References
External links
Municipality of Mynämäki – Official website