Västanfjärd

Västanfjärd is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Dragsfjärd and Kimito to form the new municipality of Kimitoön.

Country Finland

Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)

Official languagesSwedish, Finnish

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Västanfjärd
Former municipality
Västanfjärds kommun Västanfjärdin kunta
Coat of arms
Location of Västanfjärd in Finland (2008).
Interactive map of Västanfjärd
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Country	Finland
Province	Western Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Åboland
Consolidated into Kimitoön	2009
Government
• Municipal manager	Stefan Långström
Area
• Total	96.62 km2 (37.31 sq mi)
• Land	95.93 km2 (37.04 sq mi)
Population  (2004-12-31)
• Total	812
• Density	8.46/km2 (21.9/sq mi)
• Urbanisation	0.0%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Official languages	Swedish, Finnish
Unemployment rate	3.1%

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It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 812 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 96.62 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.69 km² is inland water. The population density was 8.46 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was bilingual, with majority being Swedish and minority Finnish speakers.