Miehikkälä
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of 1,932 (31 January 2019)[2] and 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 4.58 inhabitants per square kilometre (11.9/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 |  |
| 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 (2019-01-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,932 |
| • Rank | 266th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 4.58/km2 (11.9/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]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- "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
- Municipality of Miehikkälä – Official website (in Finnish)
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