Vehmaa

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Vehmaan kunta
municipality in Finland
Province Western Finland
Region Finland Proper
Sub-region Vakka-Suomi
City manager Pekka Seppälä
Official languages Finnish
Area
 - total
 - land
ranked 339th
191.17 km²
187.84 km²
Population
 - total (2003)
 - change
 - density
ranked 322nd
2,470
- 0.8 %
13.1/km²
Urbanisation 48.8 %
Unemployment rate 11.4 %
http://www.vehmaa.fi/

Vehmaa (IPA[ˈʋehmɑː]), or Vemo in Swedish, 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 2,448 (2004-12-31) and covers an area of 191.17 km² (excluding sea) of which 3.33 km² is inland water. The population density is 13.03 inhabitants per km².

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Vehmaa is known of their red Granite Balmoral red.

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Coordinates: 60°41′10″N, 21°42′50″E