Miehikkälä

Miehikkälä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmie̯hikːælæ]) 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 1,752 (31 December 2023),[2] which make it the smallest municipality in Kymenlaakso in terms of population. It covers an area of 440.34 square kilometres (170.02 sq mi) of which 18.18 km2 (7.02 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.15 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.7/sq mi).

Miehikkälä
Municipality
Miehikkälän kunta
Miehikkälä kommun
Miehikkälä Church
Coat of arms
Location of Miehikkälä in Finland
Coordinates: 60°40′N 027°42′E
Country Finland
RegionSouthern Finland
Sub-regionKotka–Hamina sub-region
Charter1887
Government
 • Municipal managerMarkku J. Forss
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total440.34 km2 (170.02 sq mi)
 • Land422.63 km2 (163.18 sq mi)
 • Water18.18 km2 (7.02 sq mi)
 • Rank199th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total1,752
 • Rank269th largest in Finland
 • Density4.15/km2 (10.7/sq mi)
Population by native language
[2]
 • Finnish93.3% (official)
 • Swedish0.3%
 • Others6.4%
Population by age
[3]
 • 0 to 1410.1%
 • 15 to 6452.3%
 • 65 or older37.6%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
ClimateDfb
Websitewww.miehikkala.fi

Neighbouring municipalities are Hamina, Kouvola, Lappeenranta, Luumäki and Virolahti. It is 67 kilometres (42 mi) from Miehikkälä to Kotka and 64 kilometres (40 mi) to Lappeenranta. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. According to Traficom, Miehikkälä is the fourth most motorized municipality in Finland with 629 cars per thousand inhabitants.[4]

The coat of arms of the municipality representing the letter M (which refers to Miehikkälä's name) was designed by Tapio Vallioja in 1956.[5]

Notable people

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  3. "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  4. "Anttilan perheessä tarvitaan liikkumiseen viisi autoa". Yle. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  5. Kymenlaakson kuntien vaakunat (in Finnish)

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