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{{Short description|Former municipality of Finland}}
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| align=center | ''Coat of Arms''
| align=center | ''Location''
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| [[Provinces of Finland|Province]]
| [[Western Finland]]
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| [[Regions of Finland|Region]]
| [[Southwest Finland]]
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| [[Sub-regions of Finland|Sub-region]]
| [[Åboland]]
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| Area<br>- Of which land<br>- Rank
| 320.17&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup><br>317.88&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup><br>ranked [[List of Finnish municipalities by area|281st]]
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| Population<br>- Density<br>- Change<br>- Rank
| 3,301 (2004)<br>10.4 inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup><br>+ 0.1%<br>ranked [[List of Finnish municipalities by population|277th]]
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| [[Urbanisation]]
| 39.3%
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| [[Unemployment]]
| 7.2%
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| Official languages
| [[Swedish language|Swedish]], [[Finnish language|Finnish]]
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| [[City Manager|Municipal manager]]
| Tom Simola
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| Home page
| [http://www.kimito.fi http://www.kimito.fi]
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'''Kimito''' ({{IPA|sv|ˈtɕimito|lang|Kimito.ogg}};<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kaino.kotus.fi/svenskaortnamn/?a=find&qfind=kimito|title=Kimito|language=sv|work=Svenska ortnamn i Finland|publisher=[[Institute for the Languages of Finland]]|access-date=15 September 2019}}</ref> {{langx|fi|Kemiö}} {{IPA|fi|ˈkemiø|}}) is a [[List of former municipalities of Finland|former municipality]] of [[Finland]]. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with [[Dragsfjärd]] and [[Västanfjärd]] to form the new municipality of [[Kimitoön]]. Prior to the consolidation, it was one of the four municipalities located on [[Kimitoön (island)|Kimito island]], the other three being [[Västanfjärd]], [[Dragsfjärd]] and [[Halikko]].

It is located in the [[provinces of Finland|province]] of [[Western Finland]] and is part of the [[Southwest Finland]] [[regions of Finland|region]]. The municipality had a population of 3,301 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 320.17&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> (excluding sea) of which 2.29&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> is inland water. The [[population density]] was 10.38 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

The municipality was [[bilingual]], with majority being [[Finland-Swedish|Swedish]] and minority [[Finnish language|Finnish]] speakers.

It was the place where [[Tantalum]] was discovered along with [[Ytterby]].

== Events ==
*[[Kimito Island Music Festival]]
* Baltic Jazz Festival
* Norpas Festival
* mörkÖ Festival

== Notable people ==
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* [[Amos Anderson]] (1878–1961), Finnish entrepreneur and patron of the arts
* [[Niklas Hollsten]] (born 1983), Finnish [[Freeriding (winter sport)|freeride]] snowboarder

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{Official website|http://www.kimito.fi/}} – in Swedish and Finnish

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[[Category:Populated places disestablished in 2009]]
[[Category:2009 disestablishments in Finland]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Finland]]
[[Category:Kimitoön]]


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