Liljendal | |
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Former municipality | |
| Liljendal kommun Liljendalin kunta | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Liljendal in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°34.5′N 026°03.5′E / 60.5750°N 26.0583°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Eastern Uusimaa |
| Sub-region | Loviisa sub-region |
| Charter | 1914 |
| Consolidated | 2010 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Sten Frondén |
| Area | |
| • Total | 119.64 km2 (46.19 sq mi) |
| • Land | 113.67 km2 (43.89 sq mi) |
| • Water | 5.97 km2 (2.31 sq mi) |
| Population (2009-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,472 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (32/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 23.8% (official) |
| • Swedish | 74.9% (official) |
| • Others | 1.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www.liljendal.fi |
Liljendal is a former municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the Eastern Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 1,472 (31 December 2009)[2] and covered an area of 119.64 square kilometres (46.19 sq mi) of which 5.97 km2 (2.31 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density was 12.95 inhabitants per square kilometre (33.5/sq mi).
The municipality was bilingual, with majority (74.9%) being Swedish and minority (23.8%) Finnish speakers. The municipality has previously also been known as Liljentaali in Finnish documents.[4]
Liljendal was consolidated to Loviisa, together with Pernå and Ruotsinpyhtää, on January 1, 2010.
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2009" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-25. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
- ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2009". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Liljentaali - Google Search". books.google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-10.