title: Kimito
text: # Kimito
  
  Kimito kommun - Kemiön kunta :
  
  | Coat of Arms Location ||
  | - | - |
  | Province | Western Finland |
  | Region | Southwest Finland |
  | Sub-region | Åboland |
  | Area - Of which land - Rank | 320.17 $km^2$ 317.88 $km^2$ ranked 281st |
  | Population - Density - Change - Rank | 3,301 (2004) 10.4 $inhabitants/km^2$ + 0.1% ranked 277th |
  | Urbanisation | 39.3% |
  | Unemployment | 7.2% |
  | Official languages | Swedish, Finnish |
  | Municipal manager | Tom Simola |
  | Home page | http://www.kimito.fi |
  
  Kimito (Swedish: (listen); Finnish: Kemiö) is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Dragsfjärd and Västanfjärd to form the new municipality of Kimitoön. Prior to the consolidation, it was one of the four municipalities located on Kimito island, the other three being Västanfjärd, Dragsfjärd and Halikko.
  
  It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 3,301 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 320.17 $km^2$ (excluding sea) of which 2.29 $km^2$ is inland water. The population density was 10.38 inhabitants per $km^2.$
  
  The municipality was bilingual, with majority being Swedish and minority Finnish speakers.
  
  ## Events
  
  * Kimito Island Music Festival
  * Baltic Jazz Festival
  * Norpas Festival
  * mörkÖ Festival
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Niklas Hollsten (born 1983), Finnish freeride snowboarder
  