Elimäki
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Elimäki
Elimä | |
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Former municipality | |
Elimäen kunta Elimä kommun | |
Coordinates: 60°43′N 026°27′E / 60.717°N 26.450°E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Kymenlaakso |
Sub-region | Kouvola sub-region |
Consolidated | 2009 |
Area | |
• Total | 391.74 km2 (151.25 sq mi) |
• Land | 387.47 km2 (149.60 sq mi) |
• Water | 4.27 km2 (1.65 sq mi) |
Population (2008-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 8,199 |
• Density | 21/km2 (54/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Elimäki (Swedish: Elimä) is a former municipality of Finland.
It was located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the region of Kymenlaakso. The municipality had a population of 8,199[2] and covered an area of 391.74 km² of which 4.27 km² was water.[1] The population density was 21.2 inhabitants per km².
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
Of note is the village of Koria, the largest village in Elimäki, possessing a population of 5,100. Koria is located 6,7 km west of Kouvola.
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.
Arboretum Mustila is located near Elimäki.
People born in Elimäki
[edit]- 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 – )
- Anita Lehtola-Tollin (1967 – )
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2008" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 27 March 2010.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2008". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
External links
[edit]Media related to Elimäki at Wikimedia Commons