Siikainen

Siikainen
Siikainen – Siikais
Municipality
Siikaisten kunta
Siikais kommun
Eteläpää in Siikaniemi

Coat of arms

Location of Siikainen in Finland
Coordinates: 61°53′N 021°49′E / 61.883°N 21.817°E / 61.883; 21.817Coordinates: 61°53′N 021°49′E / 61.883°N 21.817°E / 61.883; 21.817
Country  Finland
Region Satakunta
Sub-region Northern Satakunta sub-region
Charter 1871
Government
 • Municipality manager Päivi Rantanen
Area (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total 491.33 km2 (189.70 sq mi)
 • Land 463.24 km2 (178.86 sq mi)
 • Water 28.1 km2 (10.8 sq mi)
Area rank 188th largest in Finland
Population (2018-08-31)[2]
 • Total 1,460
 • Rank 286th largest in Finland
 • Density 3.15/km2 (8.2/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 99.3% (official)
 • Swedish 0.1%
 • Others 0.7%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 13.8%
 • 15 to 64 58.2%
 • 65 or older 28%
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5] 20%
Climate Dfc
Website www.siikainen.fi

Siikainen (Swedish: Siikais) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the former province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 1,460 (31 August 2018)[2] and the municipality covers an area of 491.33 square kilometres (189.70 sq mi) of which 28.10 square kilometres (10.85 sq mi) is inland water (2018-01-01).[1] The population density is 3 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.8/sq mi) (31 August 2018). The municipal manager of Siikainen is Päivi Rantanen.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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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