Merimasku
Merimasku | |
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| Merimaskun kunta Merimasku kommun | |
 The Merimasku Church, one of the oldest remaining wooden churches in Finland | |
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| Country | Finland |
| Province | Western Finland |
| Region | Southwest Finland |
| Sub-region | Turku |
| Merged with Naantali | January 1, 2009 |
| Government | |
| • City manager | Juhani Kylämäkilä |
| Area | |
| • Total | 51.12 km2 (19.74 sq mi) |
| • Land | 50.41 km2 (19.46 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.71 km2 (0.27 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 417th |
| Population (2003) | |
| • Total | 1,508 |
| • Rank | 382nd |
| • Density | 29/km2 (76/sq mi) |
| +2.7 % change | |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Official languages | Finnish |
| Urbanisation | 57.9% |
| Unemployment rate | 6.1% |
| Website | http://www.merimasku.fi/ |
Merimasku (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmeriˌmɑsku]) is a former municipality of Finland. It was, together with Rymättylä and Velkua, consolidated with the town of Naantali on January 1, 2009.[1]
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 1,513 (31 December 2004) and covered an area of 51.12 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.71 km² is inland water.[2] The population density was 30.01 inhabitants per km².
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
References
[edit]- ^ "Naantali merge information". City of Naantali (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- ^ "Ranking of Finnish municipalities by area" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland (in Finnish - main website has some pages in English). Retrieved 2008-08-17.[dead link]
External links
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Media related to Merimasku at Wikimedia Commons
- http://www.merimasku.fi/ – Official website (in Finnish)
60°28′55″N 021°52′15″E / 60.48194°N 21.87083°E
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