Maxmo
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Maxmo in Swedish or Maksamaa in Finnish is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 1,037 (2003) and covers an area of 148.06 km² of which one fourth is land. The population density is 7.0 inhabitants per km².
The municipality is bilingual, with the majority speaking Swedish (90%) and the minority Finnish (8%).
[edit] Finland's first Natural World Heritage
In July 2006 Kvarken Archipelago was added as an extension to the UNESCO World Heritage site of the High Coast. The archipelago is unique in that it features ridged washboard moraines known as De Greer moraines, formed by the melting of the continental ice sheet 10,000 to 24,000 years ago. The Kvarken Archipelago is continuosly rising from the sea at a rate among the highest in the world. During the last 600 years, over a third of the land areas in Maxmo has risen from the sea. That means over 20 acres of new land every year!
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| Isokyrö | Jakobstad | Kaskinen | Korsholm | Korsnäs | Kristinestad | Kronoby | Laihia | Larsmo | Malax | Maxmo | Nykarleby | Närpes | Oravais | Pedersöre | Vaasa | Vähäkyrö | Vörå | ||
| Ostrobothnia Region | Western Finland | Finland |
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