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Kirkkonummi
Kirkkonummi
Kirkkonummi – Kyrkslätt | |
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Municipality | |
| Kirkkonummen kunta Kyrkslätts kommun | |
 Aerial view of St. Michael's Church in the municipal town centre. | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Kirkkonummi in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°07′N 024°26′E / 60.117°N 24.433°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Uusimaa |
| Sub-region | Helsinki sub-region |
| Metropolitan area | Helsinki metropolitan area |
| Charter | 1330 |
| Municipal manager | Tarmo Aarnio |
| Seat | Kirkkonummen keskusta |
| Villages | Masala, Veikkola |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,017.01 km2 (392.67 sq mi) |
| • Land | 366.6 km2 (141.5 sq mi) |
| • Water | 649.91 km2 (250.93 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 209th largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-10-31)[2] | |
• Total | 41,610 |
| • Rank | 28th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 113.5/km2 (294/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 73.2% (official) |
| • Swedish | 14.8% (official) |
| • Others | 11.9% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 19% |
| • 15 to 64 | 64.1% |
| • 65 or older | 16.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
Kirkkonummi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkirkːoˌnumːi]; Swedish: Kyrkslätt, Finland Swedish: [ˈtɕyrːkslet] ⓘ, Sweden Swedish: [ˈɕʏ̂rːkslɛt]) is a municipality in Finland, located in the southern coast of the country. Kirkkonummi is situated in the western part of the Uusimaa region. The population of Kirkkonummi is approximately 42,000. It is the 28th most populous municipality in Finland. Kirkkonummi is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, which has approximately 1.6 million inhabitants.
Kirkkonummi is situated on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland and borders Espoo, Vihti, Siuntio and Ingå. The literal meaning of the words "Kirkkonummi" and "Kyrkslätt" in English is "church heath".
Kirkkonummi is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of 73% Finnish speakers, 15% Swedish speakers, and 12% speakers of other languages.
- ^ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-11-19. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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