Mellilä

Not to be confused with Melilla or Mellila, Morocco.

Mellilä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmelːilæ]) is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged to the town of Loimaa on 1 January 2009.

Mellilä
Former municipality
Mellilän kunta Mellilä kommun
Coat of arms
Country	Finland
Province	Western Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Loimaa
Merged with Loimaa	January 1, 2009
Government
• City manager	Esko Rautiainen
Area
• Total	110.62 km2 (42.71 sq mi)
• Land	110.52 km2 (42.67 sq mi)
• Water	0.1 km2 (0.04 sq mi)
• Rank	387th
Population  (2003)
• Total	1,252
• Rank	401st
• Density	11/km2 (29/sq mi)
	+2.4 % change
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Official languages	Finnish
Urbanisation	44.5%
Unemployment rate	9.2%
Climate	Dfc

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 1,255 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 110.62 km² of which 0.10 km² is water. The population density was 11.35 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Gallery

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  Mellilä's church
• 
  Eksyssuo
• 
  Niinijoki

External links

Media related to Mellilä at Wikimedia Commons

• Mellilän kyläyhdistys ry (in Finnish)

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