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

Mietoinen
Mietoinen – Mietois
Mietoisten kunta
Mietois kommun
Mietoinen Church
Mietoinen Church
Coat of arms of Mietoinen
Location of Mietoinen in Finland
Location of Mietoinen in Finland
Coordinates: 60°37′35″N 021°55′45″E / 60.62639°N 21.92917°E / 60.62639; 21.92917
CountryFinland
RegionSouthwest Finland
Sub-regionVakka-Suomi
Charter1865
Merged with Mynämäki2007
Area
 • Total73.55 km2 (28.40 sq mi)
 • Land59.50 km2 (22.97 sq mi)
 • Water14.05 km2 (5.42 sq mi)
Population
 (2006-12-31)[2]
 • Total1,697
 • Density23/km2 (60/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
ClimateDfb
Websitewww.mietoinen.fi

Mietoinen is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland 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 edit

  1. ^ a b "Suomen pinta-ala kunnittain 1.1.2006" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Kuntien asukasluvut suuruusjärjestyksessä". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. 31 December 2006. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2011.

External links edit

  Media related to Mietoinen at Wikimedia Commons