Miehikkälä
Miehikkälä | |
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Municipality | |
| Miehikkälän kunta Miehikkälä kommun | |
 Miehikkälä Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Miehikkälä in Finland | |
 Interactive map of Miehikkälä | |
| Coordinates: 60°40′N 027°42′E / 60.667°N 27.700°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Southern Finland |
| Sub-region | Kotka-Hamina |
| Charter | 1887 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Markku J. Forss |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 440.34 km2 (170.02 sq mi) |
| • Land | 422.63 km2 (163.18 sq mi) |
| • Water | 18.18 km2 (7.02 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 199th largest in Finland |
| Population (2025-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,664 |
| • Rank | 270th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 3.94/km2 (10.2/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 93.3% (official) |
| • Others | 6.7% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 10.1% |
| • 15 to 64 | 52.3% |
| • 65 or older | 37.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www |
Miehikkälä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmie̯hikːælæ]) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of 1,664 (31 December 2025),[2] which make it the smallest municipality in Kymenlaakso in terms of population. It covers an area of 440.34 square kilometres (170.02 sq mi) of which 18.18 km2 (7.02 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 3.94 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.2/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Hamina, Kouvola, Lappeenranta, Luumäki and Virolahti. It is 67 kilometres (42 mi) from Miehikkälä to Kotka and 64 kilometres (40 mi) to Lappeenranta. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. According to Traficom, Miehikkälä is the fourth most motorized municipality in Finland with 629 cars per thousand inhabitants.[4]
The coat of arms of the municipality representing the letter M (which refers to Miehikkälä's name) was designed by Tapio Vallioja in 1956.[5]
Notable people
[edit]- Sulo Nurmela, skier[6]
- Eeva Ruoppa, skier
- Martti Urpalainen, marathonist
- Reijo Taipale, singer
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- 1 2 3 "Population growth slowed down in 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 1 April 2026. ISSN 2243-3627. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ↑ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ↑ "Anttilan perheessä tarvitaan liikkumiseen viisi autoa". Yle. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ↑ Kymenlaakson kuntien vaakunat (in Finnish)
- ↑ "Sulo Nurmela". sports-reference.com. 4 March 2009. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
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External links
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Media related to Miehikkälä at Wikimedia Commons
Miehikkälä travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Municipality of Miehikkälä – Official website (in Finnish)
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