Vehmaa
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Province | Western Finland |
Region | Finland Proper |
Sub-region | Vakka-Suomi |
City manager | Pekka Seppälä |
Official languages | Finnish |
Area - total - land |
ranked 339th 191.17 km² 187.84 km² |
Population - total (2003) - change - density |
ranked 322nd 2,470 - 0.8 % 13.1/km² |
Urbanisation | 48.8 % |
Unemployment rate | 11.4 % |
http://www.vehmaa.fi/ |
Vehmaa (IPA: [ˈʋehmɑː]), or Vemo in Swedish, is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of 2,448 (2004-12-31) and covers an area of 191.17 km² (excluding sea) of which 3.33 km² is inland water. The population density is 13.03 inhabitants per km².
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Vehmaa is known of their red Granite Balmoral red.
[edit] External links
- http://www.vehmaa.fi/ - Official website (in Finnish)
- http://eurasian.com/finland/granite/balmoral_red_fg.html
- http://finska.gsf.fi/century.htm