Mynämäki
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 Finland
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| Landscape : | Varsinais-Suomi |
| Administrative community : | Turku |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 40 ′ N , 22 ° 0 ′ E |
| Surface: | 536.13 km² |
| of which land area: | 519.75 km² |
| of which inland waterways: | 2.65 km² |
| of which sea area: | 13.73 km² |
| Residents : | 7,766 (Dec. 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 14.9 inhabitants / km² |
| Municipality number : | 503 |
| Language (s) : | Finnish |
| Website : | mynamaki.fi |
Mynämäki [ ˈmynæmæki ] ( Swedish : Virmo ) is a municipality in southwestern Finland with 7766 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018). It lies in the landscape Finland Proper 30 km northwest of Turku . Mynämäki borders the Baltic Sea bay Mietoistenlahti in the south-west of its municipality . The community is monolingual in Finnish .
history
The first written mention of Virmo (the Swedish name of Mynämäki) dates back to 1309. The St. Lawrence Church in Mynämäki, built between 1425 and 1440, is the second largest medieval church in Finland after the Turku Cathedral . In 1977 Mynämäki was merged with the Karjala Municipality. In 2007 the municipalities of Mynämäki and Mietoinen merged . The new municipality is called Mynämäki and bears the old Mietoinen coat of arms.
Districts
The municipality has three settlement centers, the church villages of Mynämäki and Mietoinen and Pyhe. Mynämäki also includes the villages of Aakula, Aarlahti, Antikkala, Asema, Haapainen, Haijainen, Haloila, Halso, Hämäläinen, Harainen, Heikkilä, Hiippavuori, Hiivala, Huoli, Hurula, Ihalainen, Jutila, Juva, Kaivattakula, Käl, Kasurla, Katavainen, Kattelus, Kaukurla, Kaulakko, Kauvainen, Keijainen, Kintikkala, Kivikylä, Kivivuori, Koivisto, Korvensuu, Kukola, Kumiruona, Kuneinen, Kurina, Kuuskalainö, Lankepallakola, Lankkettio, Laukistio, Lankkemmio Maunula, Maununen, Mielismäki, Munnuinen, Munttinen, Mustila, Myllykylä, Mäenkylä, Nakkila, Neuvoinen, Nihattula, Nihdeinen, Nukkila, Nummi, Nuuskala, Orkovakkinen, Pahikkala, Pahikkala, Pila, Palokylä, Palolainen, Parshila, Peranta, Pellinen Rahkola, Raimela, Rantavakkinen, Rauvola, Runoinen, Ruonkallio, Ruotsinmäki, Ruutila, Seppälä, Soukko, Sunila, Suorsala, Tammisto, Tapaninen, Tarvainen, Tavastila, Telkinmäki, Tervoinen, Tiiräki, Uhluvainen, Tursun lä, Valaskallio, Vallainen, Värräinen and Vihtamäki.
Parish partnership
Personalities
The professor and bishop Daniel Juslenius (1676–1752) and the orienteer Eija Koskivaara (* 1965) were born in Mynämäki .
- Augustin Ehrensvärd (1710–1772), count, field marshal and artist, died in Mynämäki
- Johan Gadolin (1760–1852), chemist, died in Mynämäki
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 (PDF file; 194 kB)
- ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
