Mynämäki
# Mynämäki

Mynämäki (Finnish pronunciation:; Swedish: Virmo) is a municipality of Finland located in the Southwest Finland region. Neighbouring municipalities are Aura, Eura, Laitila, Masku, Nousiainen, Pöytyä, Rusko, Taivassalo, Turku and Vehmaa.

The municipality has a population of 7,543 (28 February 2023) and covers an area of 536.08 square kilometres (206.98 sq mi) of which 16.37 $km^2$ (6.32 sq mi) is water. The population density is 14.51 inhabitants per square kilometre (37.6/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The municipality of Karjala was consolidated with Mynämäki in 1977. The municipality of Mietoinen was consolidated with Mynämäki in 2007.

## Notable people

* Count Augustin Ehrensvärd (1710–1772) - Field Marshal and the military architect of the Suomenlinna fortress
* Daniel Juslenius (1676–1752)
* Antti Lizelius (1708–1795) - Vicar of Mynämäki in 1761 - 1795, was the publisher of the first Finnish language newspaper - Suomenkieliset Tietosanomat
* Pekka Aakula (1866–1928)
* Toivo Sukari (born 1954)
