Miehikkälä

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Miehikkälä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmie̯hikːælæ]) 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 1,723 (31 October 2024),[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 4.08 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.6/sq mi).

Miehikkälä
Municipality
Miehikkälän kunta
Miehikkälä kommun
Miehikkälä Church
Miehikkälä Church
Coat of arms of Miehikkälä
Location of Miehikkälä in Finland
Location of Miehikkälä in Finland
Coordinates: 60°40′N 027°42′E / 60.667°N 27.700°E / 60.667; 27.700
Country Finland
RegionSouthern Finland
Sub-regionKotka–Hamina sub-region
Charter1887
Government
 • Municipal managerMarkku J. Forss
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total
440.34 km2 (170.02 sq mi)
 • Land422.63 km2 (163.18 sq mi)
 • Water18.18 km2 (7.02 sq mi)
 • Rank199th largest in Finland
Population
 (2024-10-31)[2]
 • Total
1,723
 • Rank269th largest in Finland
 • Density4.08/km2 (10.6/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish93.3% (official)
 • Swedish0.3%
 • Others6.4%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1410.1%
 • 15 to 6452.3%
 • 65 or older37.6%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
ClimateDfb
Websitewww.miehikkala.fi

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.[5]

The coat of arms of the municipality representing the letter M (which refers to Miehikkälä's name) was designed by Tapio Vallioja in 1956.[6]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 19 November 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Anttilan perheessä tarvitaan liikkumiseen viisi autoa". Yle. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  6. ^ Kymenlaakson kuntien vaakunat (in Finnish)
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