Editing Maxmo (section)

{{Short description|Former municipality of Finland}}
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[[Image:Vöyri-Maksamaa.vaakuna.svg|100px|thumb|Coat of Arms of Maxmo]]

'''Maxmo''' ({{langx|fi|Maksamaa}}) is a former [[municipalities of Finland|municipality]] of [[Finland]]. It was located in the [[provinces of Finland|province]] of [[Western Finland]] and was part of the [[Ostrobothnia (administrative region)|Ostrobothnia]] [[regions of Finland|region]]. The municipality was consolidated with [[Vörå]] to form the new municipality of [[Vörå-Maxmo]] in 2007.

The former municipality had a population of 1,037 (2003) and covered an area of 148.06&nbsp;km² of which one fourth was land. The population density was 7.0 inhabitants per km². The majority were speakers of [[Finland-Swedish|Swedish]] (90%) and the minority speakers of [[Finnish language|Finnish]] (8%).

Maxmo was part of the [[Kvarken]] Archipelago. The Kvarken Archipelago is continuously 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 {{convert|20|acre|m2}} of new land every year.

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 Geer moraines, formed by the melting of the continental ice sheet 10,000 to 24,000 years ago.

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[[Category:Municipalities of Ostrobothnia (administrative region)]]


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