Kimitoön facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Kimitoön Kimitoön – Kemiönsaari
Municipality
Kimitoöns kommun Kemiönsaaren kunta
An old sauna, Sagalund outdoor museum, Kimito, Finland
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Location of Kimitoön in Finland
Country	Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Åboland–Turunmaa sub-region
Charter	2009
Area  (2018-01-01)
• Total	2,800.99 km2 (1,081.47 sq mi)
• Land	686.91 km2 (265.22 sq mi)
• Water	2,113.94 km2 (816.20 sq mi)
Area rank	123rd largest in Finland
Population  (2023-12-31)
• Total	6,462
• Rank	142nd largest in Finland
• Density	9.41/km2 (24.4/sq mi)
Population by native language
• Swedish	66.2% (official)
• Finnish	30%
• Others	3.7%
Population by age
• 0 to 14	11.9%
• 15 to 64	53.3%
• 65 or older	34.8%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.kimitoon.fi

Kimitoön (Finnish: 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 the Archipelago Sea in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 6,462 (31 December 2023) and covers an area of 2,800.99 square kilometres (1,081.47 sq mi) of which 2,113.94 km² (816.20 sq mi) is water. The population density is 9.41 inhabitants per square kilometre (24.4/sq mi). The actual island is the largest coastal island of Finland with an area of 524 square kilometres (202 sq mi). 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 30% Finnish speakers, 66% Swedish speakers, and 4% speakers of other languages.

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In Spanish: Kimitoön para niños