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Piikkiö

Coordinates: 60°25′30″N 022°31′00″E / 60.42500°N 22.51667°E / 60.42500; 22.51667
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Piikkiö
Piikkiö Church
Piikkiö Church
Coat of arms of Piikkiö
Piikkiö is located in Finland
Piikkiö
Piikkiö
Location within Finland
Coordinates: 60°25′30″N 022°31′00″E / 60.42500°N 22.51667°E / 60.42500; 22.51667
CountryFinland
ProvinceWestern Finland
RegionSouthwest Finland
Sub-regionTurku
Merged with Kaarina1 January 2009
Government
 • City managerJouko Mäkinen
Area
 • Total90.69 km2 (35.02 sq mi)
 • Land90.55 km2 (34.96 sq mi)
 • Water0.14 km2 (0.05 sq mi)
 • Rank400th
Population
 (2003)
 • Total6,695
 • Rank162nd
 • Density74/km2 (190/sq mi)
 +0.9% change
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Official languagesFinnish
Urbanisation82.3%
Unemployment rate7.9%
ClimateDfb
Websitehttp://www.piikkio.fi/

Piikkiö (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpiːkːiø]; Swedish: Pikis), is a former municipality of Finland. Piikkiö was consolidated with Kaarina on 1 January 2009.[1]

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 in December 2004 and covered an area of 90.69 km2 (excluding sea) of which 0.14 km2 is inland water in January 2008.[2] The population density was 75.72 inhabitants per km2.

The municipality was almost unilingually Finnish.

Notable individuals

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References

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  1. ^ "Regional adjustments 1.1.2009". stat.fi. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  2. ^ "SUOMEN PINTA-ALA KUNNITTAIN 1. 1. 2008 FINLANDS AREAL KOMMUNVIS 1.1.2008" (PDF). www.maanmittauslaitos.fi. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Fredrika Bremer". sok.riksarkivet.se. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Jenni Dahlman". www.missi.net. Archived from the original on 2008-02-06. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Lander, Leena". www.kirjasampo.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  6. ^ "KalPa-sensaatio pääsee melkoiseen puntariin". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 17 December 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  7. ^ Eduskunta, Finland (1982). Finlands riksdagsledamöter 1907-1982 (in Finnish). Valtion painatuskeskus. p. 595. ISBN 978-951-859-235-1. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  8. ^ "MM-suunnistaja Liisa Veijalainen ei pelkää eksymistä". YLE (in Finnish). 21 November 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
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