Kimitoön

Kimitoön 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 6,525 and covers an area of 2,800.99 square kilometres of which 2,113.94 km2 is water. The population density is 9.5 inhabitants per square kilometre. Actual island is the largest coastal island of Finland with the area of 524 square kilometres. 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 bilingual with the majority speaking Swedish and a minority Finnish as their native language.