Taivassalo

Taivassalo is a municipality of Finland, about 50 kilometres from the city of Turku. It is located in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,689 and covers an area of 217.68 square kilometres of which 77.23 km2 is water. The population density is 12.04 inhabitants per square kilometre.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Its neighboring municipalities are Kustavi, Masku, Mynämäki, Naantali, Uusikaupunki and Vehmaa.

The medieval sailing ship appearing in the coat of arms of Taivassalo refers to the maritime connections the coastguard already had during the Northern Crusades, as well as to the medieval naval weaponry, the surviving information…