Rusko

Rusko
Municipality
Ruskon kunta
Rusko kommun
Sormat office in Rusko

Coat of arms

Location of Rusko in Finland
Coordinates: 60°32.5′N 022°13.5′E / 60.5417°N 22.2250°E / 60.5417; 22.2250Coordinates: 60°32.5′N 022°13.5′E / 60.5417°N 22.2250°E / 60.5417; 22.2250
Country  Finland
Region Southwest Finland
Sub-region Turku sub-region
Government
 • Municipal manager Arto Oikarinen
Area (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total 127.90 km2 (49.38 sq mi)
 • Land 127.12 km2 (49.08 sq mi)
 • Water 0.78 km2 (0.30 sq mi)
Area rank 287th largest in Finland
Population (2018-08-31)[2]
 • Total 6,269
 • Rank 156th largest in Finland
 • Density 49.32/km2 (127.7/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 98% (official)
 • Swedish 1.2%
 • Others 0.8%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 23%
 • 15 to 64 64.8%
 • 65 or older 12.2%
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5] 18.25%
Climate Dfb
Website www.rusko.fi

Rusko (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈrusko]) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 6,269 (31 August 2018)[2] and covers an area of 127.90 square kilometres (49.38 sq mi) of which 0.78 km2 (0.30 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 49.32 inhabitants per square kilometre (127.7/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The municipality of Vahto was consolidated with Rusko on January 1, 2009.

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku kuukausittain sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, elokuu 2018" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

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