Miehikkälä

Miehikkälä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmie̯hikːælæ]) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of 1,697 (30 June 2025),^[2] which make it the smallest municipality in Kymenlaakso in terms of population. It covers an area of 440.34 square kilometres (170.02 sq mi) of which 18.18 km² (7.02 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 4.02 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.4/sq mi).

Miehikkälä
Municipality
Miehikkälän kunta Miehikkälä kommun
Miehikkälä Church
Coat of arms
Location of Miehikkälä in Finland
Coordinates: 60°40′N 027°42′E
Country	Finland
Region	Southern Finland
Sub-region	Kotka-Hamina
Charter	1887
Government
• Municipal manager	Markku J. Forss
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	440.34 km2 (170.02 sq mi)
• Land	422.63 km2 (163.18 sq mi)
• Water	18.18 km2 (7.02 sq mi)
• Rank	199th largest in Finland
Population  (2025-06-30)[2]
• Total	1,697
• Rank	270th largest in Finland
• Density	4.02/km2 (10.4/sq mi)
Population by native language [2]
• Finnish	93.6% (official)
• Others	6.4%
Population by age [3]
• 0 to 14	10.1%
• 15 to 64	52.3%
• 65 or older	37.6%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Climate	Dfb
Website	www.miehikkala.fi

Neighbouring municipalities are Hamina, Kouvola, Lappeenranta, Luumäki and Virolahti. It is 67 kilometres (42 mi) from Miehikkälä to Kotka and 64 kilometres (40 mi) to Lappeenranta. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. According to Traficom, Miehikkälä is the fourth most motorized municipality in Finland with 629 cars per thousand inhabitants.^[4]

The coat of arms of the municipality representing the letter M (which refers to Miehikkälä's name) was designed by Tapio Vallioja in 1956.^[5]

Notable people

• Sulo Nurmela, skier
• Eeva Ruoppa, skier
• Martti Urpalainen, marathonist
• Reijo Taipale, singer