Miehikkälä
Miehikkälä | |
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Municipality | |
| Miehikkälän kunta Miehikkälä kommun | |
 Miehikkälä Church | |
 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 | Southern Finland |
| Sub-region | Kotka–Hamina sub-region |
| Charter | 1887 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Markku J. Forss |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 440.34 km2 (170.02 sq mi) |
| • Land | 422.17 km2 (163.00 sq mi) |
| • Water | 18.18 km2 (7.02 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 199th largest in Finland |
| Population (2021-03-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,852 |
| • Rank | 267th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 4.39/km2 (11.4/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 96.2% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 3.6% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 10.1% |
| • 15 to 64 | 52.3% |
| • 65 or older | 37.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20.5% |
| 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 1,852 (31 March 2021),[2] which make it the smallest municipality in Kymenlaakso in terms of population. It covers an area of 440.34 square kilometres (170.02 sq mi) of which 18.18 km2 (7.02 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.39 inhabitants per square kilometre (11.4/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Hamina, Kouvola, Lappeenranta, Luumäki and Virolahti. It is 67 kilometres (42 mi) from Miehikkälä to Kotka and 64 kilometres (40 mi) to Lappeenranta. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. According to Traficom, Miehikkälä is the fourth most motorized municipality in Finland with 629 cars per thousand inhabitants.[6]
The coat of arms of the municipality representing the letter M (which refers to Miehikkälä's name) was designed by Tapio Vallioja in 1956.[7]
People[]
- Sulo Nurmela, skier
- Eeva Ruoppa, skier
- Martti Urpalainen, marathonist
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M03*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "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 (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003-2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Anttilan perheessä tarvitaan liikkumiseen viisi autoa". Yle. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ Kymenlaakson kuntien vaakunat (in Finnish)
External links[]
Media related to Miehikkälä at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Miehikkälä – Official website (in Finnish)
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