Vehmaa

Vehmaa (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈʋehmɑː]; Swedish: Vemo) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 2,262 (30 June 2025)^[2] and covers an area of 202.09 square kilometres (78.03 sq mi) of which 13.32 km² (5.14 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 11.98 inhabitants per square kilometre (31.0/sq mi).

Country Finland

Charter1869

Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)

Websitewww.vehmaa.fi

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Vehmaa Vemo
Municipality
Vehmaan kunta Vemo kommun
Vehmaa Church
Coat of arms
Location of Vehmaa in Finland
Coordinates: 60°41.2′N 021°42.8′E
Country	Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Vakka-Suomi
Charter	1869
Government
• Municipal manager	Pekka Seppälä
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	202.09 km2 (78.03 sq mi)
• Land	188.88 km2 (72.93 sq mi)
• Water	13.32 km2 (5.14 sq mi)
• Rank	266th largest in Finland
Population  (2025-06-30)[2]
• Total	2,262
• Rank	246th largest in Finland
• Density	11.98/km2 (31.0/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	92.9% (official)
• Swedish	0.6%
• Others	6.5%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	14.4%
• 15 to 64	56.5%
• 65 or older	29%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Climate	Dfb
Website	www.vehmaa.fi

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The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Vehmaa is known of their red Granite Balmoral red, as well as being the birthplace of Albin Stenroos who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1924 Olympics. According to Traficom, Vehmaa is the fifth most motorized municipality in Finland with 628 cars per 1000 inhabitants.^[5]