Angelniemi

Angelniemi is a former municipality of Finland. It became part of Halikko in 1967. It was located on partly on the continent by the Halikonlahti Bay and partly on Kimito Island and is still nowadays the only part of the island where Finnish is the primary language. Today the population of the area is 398, but it rises during the summer because of the summer cottages.[2]

The center of Angelniemi from the cable ferry

Angelniemi Church

Angelniemi
Former Municipality
Angelniemen kunta Angelniemi kommun
Coat of arms
Country	Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Salo
Established	1916
Merged	1967
Area
• Urban	63.7 km^2 (24.6 sq mi)
Population
• Density	0/km^2 (0/sq mi)
• Urban density	16.5/km^2 (43/sq mi)
• Metro	1,051
	statistics from 1961[1]
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Climate	Dfb

The center of the municipality was Kokkila, which lies on the continent. There is a cable ferry which connects Kokkila to the Kimito Island. Other isles of Angelniemi are Angelansaari, Kokkilansaari, Pikkusaari and Karhusaari.

Angelniemi congregation was established 1657 as a chapel of Halikko. Angelniemi became independent 1916 and it reached its high in 1957 at 1,217 people.[1] In 1967 Angelniemi was merged back to Halikko.

Villages

Ahtmaa, Angela, Asila, Esselpää, Isokylä, Kanamäki, Karviainen, Kokkila, Myllyperä, Paatelmaa, Peksala, Päärnäspää, Pöylä, Sapalahti, Tammenpää, Toppjoki, Torkkila, Tuiskula, Valttila

References

1. Statistics of Angelniemi (in Finnish)
2. Angelniemen kyläyhdistys (in Finnish)]