Mynämäki

Mynämäki
—  Municipality  —
Mynämäen kunta
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; 21.983Coordinates: 60°41′N 021°59′E / 60.683°N 21.983°E / 60.683; 21.983
Country	Finland
Region	Finland Proper
Sub-region	Turku sub-region
Re-established	2007
Government
– Municipal manager	Seija Österberg
Area(2011-01-01)[1]
– Total	536.08 km2 (207 sq mi)
– Land	519.71 km2 (200.7 sq mi)
– Water	16.37 km2 (6.3 sq mi)
Area rank	218th largest in Finland
Population (2011-01-31)[2]
– Total	8,042
– Rank	133rd largest in Finland
– Density	15.47/km2 (40.1/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
– Finnish	98.6% (official)
– Swedish	0.6%
– Others	0.7%
Population by age[4]
– 0 to 14	18.1%
– 15 to 64	63.4%
– 65 or older	18.6%
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5]	19%
Website	www.mynamaki.fi

Mynämäki (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmynæˌmæki]) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of 8,042 (31 January 2011)^[2] and covers an area of 536.08 square kilometres (206.98 sq mi) of which 16.37 km² (6.32 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 15.47 inhabitants per square kilometre (40.1 /sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has previously also been known as "Virmo" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Mynämäki" also in Swedish.^[6]

The municipality of Karjala was consolidated with Mynämäki in 1977. The municipality of Mietoinen was consolidated with Mynämäki in 2007.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta-alat_2011_kunnannimenmukaan.xls. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Population by municipality as of 31 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=4258&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 18 February 2011. 
3. ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 29 March 2009. 
4. ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009. 
5. ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=7996;193801. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
6. ^ "Kuntien nimet ja niiden taivutus" (in Finnish). Research Institute for the Languages of Finland. 14 January 2009. http://www.kotus.fi/index.phtml?s=461. Retrieved 27 December 2009. 

External links

Media related to Mynämäki at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Mynämäki – Official website (Finnish)