Miehikkälä

Miehikkälä
Municipality
Miehikkälän kunta

Coat of arms

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. 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. 2.0 2.1 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.11.2014" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

External links

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