Merimasku

Merimaskun kunta
—  Former municipality  —
The Merimasku Church, one of the oldest remaining wooden churches in Finland
Country	Finland
Province	Western Finland
Region	Finland Proper
Sub-region	Turku
Merged with Naantali	January 1, 2009
Government
- City manager	Juhani Kylämäkilä
Area
- Total	51.12 km2 (19.7 sq mi)
- Land	50.41 km2 (19.5 sq mi)
- Water	0.71 km2 (0.3 sq mi)
Area rank	417th
Population (2003)
- Total	1,508
- Rank	382nd
- Density	29.5/km2 (76.4/sq mi)
	+2.7 % change
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Official languages	Finnish
Urbanisation	57.9%
Unemployment rate	6.1%
Website	http://www.merimasku.fi/

Merimasku (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmeriˌmɑsku]) is a former municipality of Finland. It was, together with Rymättylä and Velkua, consolidated with the town of Naantali on January 1, 2009.^[1]

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 1,513 (31 December 2004) and covered an area of 51.12 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.71 km² is inland water.^[2] The population density was 30.01 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

References

1. ^ "Naantali merge information". City of Naantali (in Finnish). http://www.naantali.fi/Kunta-info/kuntaliitosselvitys/fi_FI/etusivu/. Retrieved 2008-08-17. 
2. ^ "Ranking of Finnish municipalities by area". National Land Survey of Finland (in Finnish - main website has some pages in English). http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/Pintaalat_kunnittain_2008.pdf. Retrieved 2008-08-17. ^{[dead link]}

External links

Media related to Merimasku at Wikimedia Commons

• http://www.merimasku.fi/ – Official website (Finnish)

Coordinates: 60°28′55″N 021°52′15″E / 60.48194°N 21.87083°E / 60.48194; 21.87083