Dragsfjärds kommun
Dragsfjärdin kunta
Coat of Arms Location
Province Western Finland
Region Southwest Finland
Sub-region Åboland
Area
- Of which land
- Rank		 274.95 km2
266.78 km2
ranked 298th
Population
- Density
- Change
- Rank		 3,378 (2004)
12.7 inhabitants/km2
- 1.2%
ranked 274th
Urbanisation 62.7%
Unemployment 8.3%
Official languages Swedish, Finnish
Municipal manager Klas Nyström
Home page https://web.archive.org/web/20050814235403/http://www.dragsfjard.fi/

Dragsfjärd is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009 it was consolidated with Kimito and Västanfjärd to form the new municipality of Kimitoön.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 3,378 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 274.95 km2 of which 8.17 km2 is water. The population density was 12.66 inhabitants per km2.

Western part of the municipality belongs to the Southwestern Archipelago National Park and forms the eastern part of the park.

The municipality was bilingual with 76% of the population being Swedish speakers and 21% being Finnish speakers.

People from Dragsfjärd

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