Liljendal is a former municipality of Finland

Finland

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.

It is located in the province

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 of Southern Finland

Southern Finland

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 and was part of the Eastern Uusimaa

Eastern Uusimaa

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 region

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. The municipality had a population of 1,472 (31 December 2009) and covered an area of 119.64 square kilometres (46.2 sq mi) of which 5.97 km² (2.3 sq mi) is water. The population density

Population density

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 was 12.95 PD/km2.

The municipality was bilingual, with majority (74.9%) being Swedish

Finland-Swedish

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 and minority (23.8%) Finnish

Finnish language

Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...

 speakers. The municipality has previously also been known as Liljentaali in Finnish documents.

Liljendal was consolidated to Loviisa

Loviisa

Loviisa is a municipality and town of inhabitants on the southern coast of Finland. About 43 per cent of the population is Swedish-speaking.The municipality covers an area of of which is water...

, together with Pernå

Pernå

Pernå 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 3,961 and covered an area of of which is water...

 and Ruotsinpyhtää

Ruotsinpyhtää

Ruotsinpyhtää is a former municipality of Finland. Ruotsinpyhtää, Pernå and Liljendal were consolidated to Loviisa on January 1, 2010.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the Eastern Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 2,893 and covered an area of of...

, on January 1, 2010.

External links

• Municipality of Liljendal – Official website