Miehikkälä
Miehikkälä | ||
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Municipality | ||
Miehikkälän kunta | ||
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Location of Miehikkälä in Finland | ||
Coordinates: 60°40′N 027°42′E / 60.667°N 27.700°ECoordinates: 60°40′N 027°42′E / 60.667°N 27.700°E | ||
Country | Finland | |
Region | Kymenlaakso | |
Sub-region | Kotka–Hamina sub-region | |
Charter | 1887 | |
Government | ||
• Municipal manager | Markku J. Forss | |
Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
• Total | 440.35 km2 (170.02 sq mi) | |
• Land | 422.17 km2 (163.00 sq mi) | |
• Water | 18.18 km2 (7.02 sq mi) | |
Area rank | 243rd largest in Finland | |
Population (2014-11-30)[2] | ||
• Total | 2,121 | |
• Rank | 283rd largest in Finland | |
• Density | 5.02/km2 (13.0/sq mi) | |
Population by native language[3] | ||
• Finnish | 96.2% (official) | |
• Swedish | 0.2% | |
• Others | 3.6% | |
Population by age[4] | ||
• 0 to 14 | 13% | |
• 15 to 64 | 58.2% | |
• 65 or older | 28.7% | |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% | |
Climate | Dfb | |
Website | www.miehikkala.fi |
Miehikkälä is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of 2,121 (30 November 2014)[2] and covers an area of 440.35 square kilometres (170.02 sq mi) of which 18.18 km2 (7.02 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 5.02 inhabitants per square kilometre (13.0/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.11.2014" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
External links
Media related to Miehikkälä at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Miehikkälä – Official website (Finnish)
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