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
Municipality
Miehikkälän kunta
Miehikkälä kommun
Coat of arms
Location of Miehikkälä in Finland
Coordinates: 60°40′N 027°42′E
Country Finland
RegionSouthern Finland
Sub-regionKotka–Hamina sub-region
Charter1887
Government
  Municipal managerMarkku J. Forss
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
  Total440.34 km2 (170.02 sq mi)
  Land422.17 km2 (163.00 sq mi)
  Water18.18 km2 (7.02 sq mi)
Area rank199th largest in Finland
Population
 (2020-07-31)[2]
  Total1,844
  Rank269th largest in Finland
  Density4.37/km2 (11.3/sq mi)
Population by native language
  Finnish96.2% (official)
  Swedish0.2%
  Others3.6%
Population by age
  0 to 1413%
  15 to 6458.2%
  65 or older28.7%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]19.5%
ClimateDfb
Websitewww.miehikkala.fi

Miehikkälä is a municipality of Finland.

Neighbouring municipalities are Hamina, Kouvola, Lappeenranta, Luumäki and Virolahti.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

People

References

  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Heinäkuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  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.

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