Miehikkälä
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of 1,844 (31 July 2020),[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 4.37 inhabitants per square kilometre (11.3/sq mi).
Miehikkälä | |
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Municipality | |
| Miehikkälän kunta Miehikkälä kommun | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Miehikkälä in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°40′N 027°42′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 (2020-07-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,844 |
| • Rank | 269th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 4.37/km2 (11.3/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 96.2% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 3.6% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 13% |
| • 15 to 64 | 58.2% |
| • 65 or older | 28.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www.miehikkala.fi |
Miehikkälä is a municipality of Finland.
Neighbouring municipalities are Hamina, Kouvola, Lappeenranta, Luumäki and Virolahti.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
People
- Sulo Nurmela, skier
- Eeva Ruoppa, skier
- Martti Urpalainen, marathonist
References
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Heinäkuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- "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 (in Finnish)
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