Iniö is a former municipality of

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. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Korpo,

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and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland, which name from the beginning of 2012 was changed to Pargas. It is located in the

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Western Finland Western Finland (, ) 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. Tampere was the largest city of the province. Histor ...

and is part of the Southwest Finland

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. The municipality had a population of 250 (2008-12-3

and covered an area of (excluding sea) of which is inland water. The

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was 3.97 inhabitants per km². The municipality was

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, with majority being Swedish and minority Finnish speakers.

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