Piikkiö
Piikkiö (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpiːkːiø]; Swedish: Pikis), is a former municipality of Finland. Piikkiö was consolidated with Kaarina on 1 January 2009.
Piikkiö | |
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 Piikkiö Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Piikkiö Location within Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°25′30″N 022°31′00″E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Province | Western Finland |
| Region | Southwest Finland |
| Sub-region | Turku |
| Merged with Kaarina | 1 January 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) |
| Area 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/ |
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
- Official website (in Finnish)
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