Merimasku

Merimasku
Former municipality
Merimaskun kunta Merimasku kommun
The Merimasku Church, one of the oldest remaining wooden churches in Finland
Coat of arms
Location of Merimasku in Finland (2008).
Interactive map of Merimasku
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Country	Finland
Province	Western Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Turku
Merged with Naantali	January 1, 2009
Government
• City manager	Juhani Kylämäkilä
Area
• Total	51.12 km2 (19.74 sq mi)
• Land	50.41 km2 (19.46 sq mi)
• Water	0.71 km2 (0.27 sq mi)
• Rank	417th
Population  (2003)
• Total	1,508
• Rank	382nd
• Density	29.91/km2 (77.48/sq mi)
	+2.7 % change
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Official languages	Finnish
Urbanisation	57.9%
Unemployment rate	6.1%
Website	https://www.merimasku.fi/

Merimasku (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmeriˌmɑsku]) is a former municipality of Finland. It was, together with Rymättylä and Velkua, consolidated with the town of Naantali on January 1, 2009.¹ Neighbouring municipalities of Merimasku were Askainen, Lemu, Masku, Naantali, Rymättylä and Velkua.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. Merimasku comprised the northern part of Otava Island and a small portion of the mainland also belonged to the municipality.

The municipality had a population of 1,513 (31 December 2004) and covered an area of 51.12 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.71 km² is inland water.² The population density was 30.01 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.