Kimito

Kimito kommun - Kemiön kunta
Coat of Arms Location
Province	Western Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Åboland
Area - Of which land - Rank	320.17 km2 317.88 km2 ranked 281st
Population - Density - Change - Rank	3,301 (2004) 10.4 inhabitants/km2 + 0.1% ranked 277th
Urbanisation	39.3%
Unemployment	7.2%
Official languages	Swedish, Finnish
Municipal manager	Tom Simola
Home page	http://www.kimito.fi

Kimito (Swedish: [ˈtɕimito] ; Finnish: Kemiö [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.

Events

• Kimito Island Music Festival
• Baltic Jazz Festival
• Norpas Festival
• mörkÖ Festival

Notable people

• Niklas Hollsten (born 1983), Finnish freeride snowboarder

External links

Media related to Kimito at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website – in Swedish and Finnish