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Piikkiö

Former municipality in Western Finland, Finland

Coat of arms

60°25′30″N 022°31′00″E / 60.42500°N 22.51667°E / 60.42500; 22.51667CountryFinlandProvinceWestern FinlandRegionSouthwest FinlandSub-regionTurkuMerged with Kaarina1 January 2009Government

• City managerJouko MäkinenArea

• Total90.69 km² (35.02 sq mi) • Land90.55 km² (34.96 sq mi) • Water0.14 km² (0.05 sq mi) • Rank400thPopulation

(2003)

• Total6,695 • Rank162nd • Density74/km² (190/sq mi) +0.9% changeTime zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)Official languagesFinnishUrbanisation82.3%Unemployment rate7.9%Climate DfbWebsitehttp://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

Mikael Agricola, clergyman and de facto inventor of written Finnish
Fredrika Bremer, Swedish writer and feminist^[3]
Jenni Dahlman, former model and winner of the 2001 Miss Scandinavia contest^[4]
Leena Lander, author^[5]
Artturi Lehkonen, ice hockey player^[6]
Mika Lipponen, footballer
Sami Salo, ice hockey player
Timo Salonen, rally driver and the 1985 world champion for Peugeot
Yrjö Sirola, politician and writer^[7]
Liisa Veijalainen, orienteer^[8]
Gerda Wrede, actor and speech therapist

References

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