Miehikkälä

Miehikkälä
—  Municipality  —
Miehikkälän kunta
Coat of arms
Location of Miehikkälä in Finland
Coordinates: 60°40′N 027°42′E / 60.667°N 27.7°E / 60.667; 27.7Coordinates: 60°40′N 027°42′E / 60.667°N 27.7°E / 60.667; 27.7
Country	Finland
Region	Kymenlaakso
Sub-region	Kotka–Hamina sub-region
Charter	1887
Government
– Municipal manager	Markku J. Forss
Area(2011-01-01)[1]
– Total	440.35 km2 (170 sq mi)
– Land	422.17 km2 (163 sq mi)
– Water	18.18 km2 (7 sq mi)
Area rank	243rd largest in Finland
Population (2011-01-31)[2]
– Total	2,204
– Rank	283rd largest in Finland
– Density	5.22/km2 (13.5/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
– Finnish	96.2% (official)
– Swedish	0.2%
– Others	3.6%
Population by age[4]
– 0 to 14	13%
– 15 to 64	58.2%
– 65 or older	28.7%
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5]	19.5%
Website	www.miehikkala.fi

Miehikkälä 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 2,204 (31 January 2011)^[2] and covers an area of 440.35 square kilometres (170.02 sq mi) of which 18.18 km² (7.02 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 5.22 inhabitants per square kilometre (13.5 /sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta-alat_2011_kunnannimenmukaan.xls. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Population by municipality as of 31 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=4258&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 18 February 2011. 
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. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. 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. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009. 
5. ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=7996;193801. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 

External links

Media related to Miehikkälä at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Miehikkälä – Official website (Finnish)