Angelniemi

Angelniemi
Former Municipality
Angelniemen kunta

Coat of arms
Country Finland
Region Southwest Finland
Sub-region Salo
Established 1916
Merged 1967
Area
  Urban 63.7 km2 (24.6 sq mi)
Population
  Density 0/km2 (0/sq mi)
  Urban density 16.5/km2 (43/sq mi)
  Metro 1,051
  statistics from 1961[1]
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Climate Dfb

Angelniemi is a former municipality of Finland. It became part of Halikko in 1967. It was located on partly on the continent by the Halikonlahti Bay and partly on Kimito Island and is still nowadays the only part of the island where Finnish is the primary language. Today the population of the area is 398, but it rises during the summer because of the summer cottages.[2]

The center of Angelniemi from the cable ferry
Angelniemi Church

The center of the municipality was Kokkila, which lies on the continent. There is a cable ferry which connects Kokkila to the Kimito Island. Other isles of Angelniemi are Angelansaari, Kokkilansaari, Pikkusaari and Karhusaari.

Angelniemi congregation was established 1657 as a chapel of Halikko. Angelniemi became independent 1916 and it reached its high in 1957 at 1,217 people.[1] In 1967 Angelniemi was merged back to Halikko.

Villages

Ahtmaa, Angela, Asila, Esselpää, Isokylä, Kanamäki, Karviainen, Kokkila, Myllyperä, Paatelmaa, Peksala, Päärnäspää, Pöylä, Sapalahti, Tammenpää, Toppjoki, Torkkila, Tuiskula, Valttila

References

  1. 1 2 Statistics of Angelniemi (Finnish)
  2. Angelniemen kyläyhdistys (Finnish)]

Coordinates: 60°18′N 22°54′E / 60.300°N 22.900°E / 60.300; 22.900


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