Elimäki

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

Elimäki Elimä
Former municipality
Elimäen kunta Elimä kommun
Elimäki wooden church
Coat of arms
Location of Elimäki in Finland
Coordinates: 60°43′N 026°27′E
Country	Finland
Region	Kymenlaakso
Sub-region	Kouvola sub-region
Consolidated	2009
Area [1]
• 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)

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

• 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

1. "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2008" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 27 March 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. "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

Media related to Elimäki at Wikimedia Commons