Kimito

{{Short description|Former municipality of Finland}}

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| Province

| Western Finland

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| Region

| Southwest Finland

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| Sub-region

| Åboland

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| Area
- Of which land
- Rank

| 320.17 km²
317.88 km²
ranked 281st

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| Population
- Density
- Change
- Rank

| 3,301 (2004)
10.4 inhabitants/km²
+ 0.1%
ranked 277th

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| Urbanisation

| 39.3%

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| Unemployment

| 7.2%

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| Official languages

| Swedish, Finnish

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| Municipal manager

| Tom Simola

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| Home page

| [http://www.kimito.fi http://www.kimito.fi]

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Kimito ({{IPA|sv|ˈtɕimito|lang|Kimito.ogg}};{{cite web|url=http://kaino.kotus.fi/svenskaortnamn/?a=find&qfind=kimito|title=Kimito|language=sv|work=Svenska ortnamn i Finland|publisher=Institute for the Languages of Finland|access-date=15 September 2019}} {{langx|fi|Kemiö}} {{IPA|fi|ˈkemiø|}}) is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Dragsfjärd and Västanfjärd to form the new municipality of Kimitoön. Prior to the consolidation, it was one of the four municipalities located on Kimito island, the other three being Västanfjärd, Dragsfjärd and Halikko.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. 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. The population density was 10.38 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was bilingual, with majority being Swedish and minority Finnish speakers.

It was the place where Tantalum was discovered along with Ytterby.