Mietoinen

Mietoinen
—  Former municipality  —
Mietoisten kunta
Mietoinen Church
Coat of arms
Location of Mietoinen in Finland
Coordinates: 60°37′35″N 021°55′45″E / 60.62639°N 21.92917°E / 60.62639; 21.92917Coordinates: 60°37′35″N 021°55′45″E / 60.62639°N 21.92917°E / 60.62639; 21.92917
Country	Finland
Region	Finland Proper
Sub-region	Vakka-Suomi
Charter	1865
Merged with Mynämäki	2007
Area[1]
- Total	73.55 km2 (28.4 sq mi)
- Land	59.50 km2 (23 sq mi)
- Water	14.05 km2 (5.4 sq mi)
Population (2006-12-31)[2]
- Total	1,697
- Density	28.52/km2 (73.9/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	www.mietoinen.fi

Mietoinen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmietoinen]; Swedish: Mietois) is a former municipality of Finland. It was joined to the municipality of Mynämäki in the beginning of the year 2007.

Mietoinen is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 1,697^[2] (31 December 2006) and it covered a land area of 59.50 square kilometres (22.97 sq mi).^[1] The population density was 28.52 inhabitants per square kilometre (73.9 /sq mi).

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Suomen pinta-ala kunnittain 1.1.2006" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta_alat_kunnittain_01012006.pdf. Retrieved 25 June 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Kuntien asukasluvut suuruusjärjestyksessä" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. 31 December 2006. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=842&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 25 June 2011. 

External links

Media related to Mietoinen at Wikimedia Commons

• Mietoinen – village portal (Finnish)
• Municipality of Mynämäki – official site (Finnish)