Kimito (; fi, Kemiö ) is a former municipality of

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with

Dragsfjärd Dragsfjärd is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009 it was consolidated with Kimito and Västanfjärd to form the new municipality of Kimitoön. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finla ...

and

Västanfjärd Västanfjärd is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Dragsfjärd and Kimito to form the new municipality of Kimitoön. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Fin ...

to form the new municipality of

Kimitoön Kimitoön ( fi, Kemiönsaari) 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 municipality is located in ...

. Prior to the consolidation, it was one of the four municipalities located on Kimito island, the other three being

and

Halikko Halikko () is a list of former municipalities of Finland, former municipality of Finland that existed until December 31, 2008. On January 1, 2009, the municipality was merged with the larger neighboring Salo, Finland, Salo. Before the merge Halikk ...

. It is located in the

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Western Finland Western Finland ( fi, Länsi-Suomen lääni, sv, Västra Finlands län) was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Oulu, Eastern Finland and Southern Finland. It also bordered the Gulf of Bothnia towards Åland. ...

and is part of the

Southwest Finland Southwest Finland, calqued as Finland Proper ( fi, Varsinais-Suomi ; sv, Egentliga Finland), is a region in the southwest of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, Pirkanmaa, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Uusimaa, and Åland. The regi ...

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. 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

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was 10.38 inhabitants per km². The municipality was

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, with majority being

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and minority

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speakers.

Events

Kimito Island Music Festival The Kimito Island Music Festival ( sv, Kimitoöns Musikfestspel; fi, Kemiönsaaren Musiikkijuhlat) is a chamber music festival that is held annually on Kimito Island in mid-July. The event features artists from Finland and abroad with a program ...

* Baltic Jazz Festival * Norpas Festival * mörkÖ Festival

Notable people

Niklas Hollsten Niklas Hollsten (born 15 November 1983 in Kimito) is a Finnish freeride snowboarder. Career He has represented Finland in freeride already for several years. In 2010 Scandinavian freeride championships he won the gold medal. Furthermore he in ov ...

(born 1983), Finnish freeride snowboarder

References

External links

* – in Swedish and Finnish Populated places disestablished in 2009 2009 disestablishments in Finland Former municipalities of Finland Kimitoön {{WesternFinland-geo-stub