Merimasku | |
Official Name: | Finnish: Merimaskun kunta Swedish: Merimasku kommun |
Settlement Type: | Former municipality |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Finland |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Finland |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Finland |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southwest Finland |
Subdivision Type3: | Sub-region |
Subdivision Name3: | Turku |
Extinct Title: | Merged with Naantali |
Extinct Date: | January 1, 2009 |
Leader Title: | City manager |
Leader Name: | Juhani Kylämäkilä |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 51.12 |
Area Land Km2: | 50.41 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.71 |
Area Rank: | 417th |
Population Total: | 1508 |
Population As Of: | 2003 |
Population Rank: | 382nd |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Note: | +2.7 % change |
Blank Name: | Official languages |
Blank Info: | Finnish |
Blank1 Name: | Urbanisation |
Blank1 Info: | 57.9% |
Blank2 Name: | Unemployment rate |
Blank2 Info: | 6.1% |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Website: | http://www.merimasku.fi/ |
Merimasku (pronounced as /fi/) 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 Southwest Finland 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.