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Dragsfjärd

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Area
  
2,249 km²

Province
  
Western Finland Province

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

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Map of 25870 Dragsfj%C3%A4rd, Finland

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 3,378 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 274.95 km² of which 8.17 km² is water. The population density was 12.66 inhabitants per km².

Western part of the municipality belongs to the Southwestern Archipelago National Park and forms the eastern part of the park.

The municipality was bilingual with 76% of the population being Swedish speakers and 21% being Finnish speakers.

People from Dragsfjärd

  • Artur Wuorimaa (1854 – 1921)
  • Gottfrid Lindström (1887 – 1975)
  • Olavi Saarinen (1923 – 1979)
  • Conny Karlsson (1975 – )
  • References

    Dragsfjärd Wikipedia