Merimasku

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]

Merimasku
Former municipality
Merimaskun kunta Merimasku kommun
The Merimasku Church, one of the oldest remaining wooden churches in Finland
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/km2 (76/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	http://www.merimasku.fi/

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. 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.