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Municipality in Southwest Finland, Finland
Mynämäki Virmo | |
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Municipality | |
Mynämäen kunta Virmo kommun | |
Mynämäki Church | |
Coat of arms | |
Location of Mynämäki in Finland | |
Coordinates: 60°41′N 021°59′E / 60.683°N 21.983°E / 60.683; 21.983 | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Southwest Finland |
Sub-region | Turku sub-region |
Re-established | 2007 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Carita Maisila |
Area | |
• Total | 536.08 km (206.98 sq mi) |
• Land | 519.84 km (200.71 sq mi) |
• Water | 16.37 km (6.32 sq mi) |
• Rank | 170th largest in Finland |
Population | |
• Total | 7,506 |
• Rank | 125th largest in Finland |
• Density | 14.44/km (37.4/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 95.2% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.9% |
• Others | 3.9% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 15% |
• 15 to 64 | 57.9% |
• 65 or older | 27.2% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Climate | Dfb |
Website | www.mynamaki.fi |
Mynämäki (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmynæˌmæki]; Swedish: Virmo) is a municipality of Finland located in the Southwest Finland region. Neighbouring municipalities are Aura, Eura, Laitila, Masku, Nousiainen, Pöytyä, Rusko, Taivassalo, Turku and Vehmaa.
The municipality has a population of 7,506 (31 October 2024) and covers an area of 536.08 square kilometres (206.98 sq mi) of which 16.37 km (6.32 sq mi) is water. The population density is 14.44 inhabitants per square kilometre (37.4/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The municipality of Karjala was consolidated with Mynämäki in 1977. The municipality of Mietoinen was consolidated with Mynämäki in 2007.
Notable people
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- Count Augustin Ehrensvärd (1710–1772) - Field Marshal and the military architect of the Suomenlinna fortress
- Daniel Juslenius (1676–1752)
- Antti Lizelius (1708–1795) - Vicar of Mynämäki in 1761 - 1795, was the publisher of the first Finnish language newspaper - Suomenkieliset Tietosanomat
- Pekka Aakula (1866–1928)
- Toivo Sukari (born 1954)
References
- ^ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 19 November 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
External links
- Media related to Mynämäki at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Mynämäki – Official website (in Finnish)
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