Kimitoön

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{{Infobox settlement

|name = Kimitoön

| official_name = {{lang|sv|Kimitoöns kommun}}
{{lang|fi|Kemiönsaaren kunta}}

| native_name = {{lang|sv|Kimitoön}} – {{lang|fi|Kemiönsaari}}

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Sagalund - Bastu.jpg

| image_caption = An old sauna, Sagalund outdoor museum, Kimito, Finland

| image_flag = Kimitoön flag.svg

| flag_size = 120x80px

| image_shield = Dragsfjärd.vaakuna.svg

| shield_size = 120x80px

| image_map = Kemiönsaari sijainti Suomi.svg

| map_caption = Location of Kimitoön in Finland

|coordinates = {{coord|60|10|N|022|44|E|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Southwest Finland

| subdivision_type2 = Sub-region

| subdivision_name2 = Åboland

| leader_title = Municipal manager

| leader_name = Erika Strandberg

| established_title = Charter

| established_date = 2009

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|timezone = EET

|utc_offset = +02:00

|timezone_DST = EEST

|utc_offset_DST = +03:00

| website = [http://www.kimitoon.fi/ www.kimitoon.fi]

}}

Kimitoön ({{IPA|sv|t̠ʃimitoøːn|lang}}; {{langx|fi|Kemiönsaari}}; {{IPA|fi|ˈkemiønˌsɑːri|lang}}) 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.hs.fi/suomi/art-2000005728091.html|title=Ilman kesää ei olisi mitään – Kemiönsaari ja moni muu kuihtuva kunta elää mökkiläisistä|first=Ann-Mari|last=Huhtanen|work=Helsingin Sanomat|date=21 June 2018|access-date=17 February 2025|language=fi|url-access=subscription}}

The municipality is located in the Archipelago Sea in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Kimitoön}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }}) and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Kimitoön}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Kimitoön}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water. The population density is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Kimitoön|round=2}}|PD/km2}}. The actual island is the largest coastal island of Finland with an area of {{convert|524|km2}}. 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 {{Formatnum: {{pct|{{Data Finland municipality/native language Finnish|Kimitoön}}|{{Data Finland municipality/native language total|Kimitoön}}|0}}}} Finnish speakers, {{Formatnum: {{pct|{{Data Finland municipality/native language Swedish|Kimitoön}}|{{Data Finland municipality/native language total|Kimitoön}}|0}}}} Swedish speakers, and {{Formatnum: {{pct|{{Data Finland municipality/native language other|Kimitoön}}|{{Data Finland municipality/native language total|Kimitoön}}|0}}}} speakers of other languages.

Politics

Results of the 2015 Finnish parliamentary election in Kimitoön:{{Cite web|url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E-2015/fi/kutulos_322.html|title=Kemiönsaari, tulokset puolueittain|website=tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi}}

Gallery

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|height=120

|Bengtskar lighthouse.JPG|Bengtskär Lighthouse

|Strömma.jpg|Strömma Canal

|Villa felix 1.jpg|Restaurant Hotel Villa Felix

|Obelisk vid Kimito kyrka 3.jpg|The Obelisk of Kimito Church

|Västanfjärd sh 2011.JPG|Västanfjärd Old Church

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See also

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