Mietoinen

Mietoinen [ miɛtɔi̯nɛn ] ( swedish Mietois ) is a city and a former municipality in south-western Finland. Mietoinen is located on the Baltic Sea bay Mietoistenlahti in the landscape Varsinais -Suomi 30 km northwest of Turku. The attractions of Mietoinen include the stone church from 1643 and a bird sanctuary on the bay Mietoistenlahti.

The community Mietoinen existed until the end of 2006. On 1 January 2007 it was united with the neighboring community Mynämäki. The new church was named Mynämäki and bears the arms of Mietoinen. The municipality had Mietoinen an area of ​​126.52 km ² and last around 1,700 inhabitants. She had two settlement centers: the Kirchdorf Mietoinen and Pyhe. In addition, belong to the municipality the villages Aarlahti, Antikkala, Haijainen, Harainen, Heikkilä, Hiippavuori, Hiivala, Hämäläinen, Kaivattula, Katavainen, Kaukurla, Kaulakko, Kauvainen, Kivivuori, Koivisto, Kumiruona, Kuneinen, Kurina, Kuuskorpi, Laukola, Leinakkala, Maununen, Nummi, Orkovakkinen, Palokylä, Pursila, Pyhäranta, Rantavakkinen, Rauvola, Runoinen, Ruonkallio, Soukko, Tavastila, Telkinmäki, Tervoinen, Tiirola, Uhlu, Valaskallio and Vähäkylä.