Västanfjärd

Västanfjärds kommun - Västanfjärdin kunta
Coat of Arms Location
Province	Western Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Åboland
Area - Of which land - Rank	96.62 km^2 95.93 km^2 ranked 408th
Population - Density - Change - Rank	812 (2004) 8.5 inhabitants/km^2 + 0.1% ranked 417th
Urbanisation	0.0%
Unemployment	3.1%
Official languages	Swedish, Finnish
Municipal manager	Stefan Långström
Home page	http://www.vastanfjard.fi

Västanfjärd is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Dragsfjärd and Kimito to form the new municipality of Kimitoön.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 812 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 96.62 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.69 km² is inland water. The population density was 8.46 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was bilingual, with majority being Swedish and minority Finnish speakers.

External links

  Media related to Västanfjärd at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website – in Swedish and Finnish

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