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Country
  
Finland

Consolidated
  
2009

Region
  
Kymenlaakso

Sub-region
  
Kouvola sub-region

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

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Elimäki (Swedish: Elimä) is a former municipality of Finland.

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Map of 47200 Elim%C3%A4ki, Finland

It was located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality had a population of 8,199 and covered an area of 391.74 km² of which 4.27 km² was water. The population density was 21.2 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

As of 2009, the six municipalities – Kouvola, Kuusankoski, Elimäki, Anjalankoski, Valkeala and Jaala – were consolidated, accounting for the new municipality of Kouvola with a population of over 80,000, being the 10th largest city in Finland.

Koria

Koria was the largest village in Elimäki. Koria had a population of 5,100. Koria is located 6,7 km west of Kouvola.

People born in Elimäki

  • Jenny af Forselles (1869 – 1938)
  • Väinö Kajander (1893 – 1978)
  • Ilmari Salminen (1902 – 1986)
  • Erkki Pakkanen (1930 – 1973)
  • Kaarina Dromberg (1942 – )
  • Jarmo Wasama (1943 – 1966)
  • Osmo Puhakka (1948 – )
  • Pentti Sinersaari (1956 – )
  • Tuija Toivonen (1958 – )
  • References

    Elimäki Wikipedia