Coordinates: 61°27′N 022°34.5′E / 61.450°N 22.5750°E / 61.450; 22.5750

Kiikoinen

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Kiikoinen
Former municipality
Kiikoisten kunta
Kiikoinens kommun
Coat of arms of Kiikoinen
Location of Kiikoinen in Finland
Location of Kiikoinen in Finland
Coordinates: 61°27′N 022°34.5′E / 61.450°N 22.5750°E / 61.450; 22.5750
CountryFinland
RegionSatakunta
Sub-regionNorthern Satakunta sub-region
Charter1847
Government
 • Municipal managerTapio Rautava
Area
 • Total144.32 km2 (55.72 sq mi)
 • Land138.03 km2 (53.29 sq mi)
 • Water6.29 km2 (2.43 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2012)[2]
 • Total1,245
 • Density8.6/km2 (22/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
ClimateDfc
Websitewww.kiikoinen.fi

Kiikoinen (Swedish: Kiikoinen, also Kikois) is a former municipality of Finland.

It was located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Satakunta region. The municipality had a population of 1,245 (31 December 2012)[2] and covered an area of 144.32 square kilometres (55.72 sq mi) of which 6.29 km2 (2.43 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density was 9.020/km2 (23.361/sq mi).

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.[3] In 2013, it was consolidated with the municipality of Sastamala.

References

  1. ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. ^ a b "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  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.[permanent dead link]

External links

Media related to Kiikoinen at Wikimedia Commons