Piikkiö
Piikkiön kunta | |
|---|---|
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| Country | Finland |
| Province | Western Finland |
| Region | Southwest Finland |
| Sub-region | Turku |
| Merged with Kaarina | January 1, 2009 |
| Government | |
| • City manager | Jouko Mäkinen |
| Area | |
• Total | 90.35 km2 (34.88 sq mi) |
| • Land | 90.28 km2 (34.86 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.07 km2 (0.03 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 400th |
| Population (2003) | |
• Total | 6,695 |
| • Rank | 162nd |
| • Density | 74/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| +0.9 % change | |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Official languages | Finnish |
| Urbanisation | 82.3% |
| Unemployment rate | 7.9% |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | http://www.piikkio.fi/ |
Piikkiö (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpiːkːiø]; Template:Lang-sv), is a former municipality of Finland. Piikkiö was consolidated with Kaarina on January 1, 2009.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 6,836 on December 2004 and covered an area of 90.35 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.07 km² is inland water. The population density was 75.72 inhabitants per km².
The municipality was almost unilingually Finnish.
Notable individuals
- Artturi Lehkonen, ice hockey player
- Fredrika Bremer, Swedish writer and feminist
- Gilbert von Rettig, businessman
- Jenni Dahlman, former model and winner of the 2001 Miss Scandinavia contest
- Joni Vuorinen, footballer
- Juha Föhr, meteorologist
- Juhani Rinne, archaeologist
- Leena Lander, author
- Liisa Veijalainen, orienteer
- Mika Lipponen, footballer
- Mikael Agricola, clergyman and de facto inventor of written Finnish
- Olavi Maununpoika, bishop of Turku
- Sami Salo, ice hockey player
- Timo Salonen, rally driver and the 1985 world champion for Peugeot
- Yrjö Sirola, politician and writer
External links
Media related to Piikkiö at Wikimedia Commons
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