Kiikoinen (Swedish: Kiikoinen, also Kikois) is a former municipality of Finland.
Kiikoinen | |
|---|---|
Former municipality | |
| Kiikoisten kunta Kiikoinens kommun | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Kiikoinen in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 61°27′N 022°34.5′E / 61.450°N 22.5750°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Satakunta |
| Sub-region | Northern Satakunta sub-region |
| Charter | 1847 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Tapio Rautava |
| Area | |
• Total | 144.32 km2 (55.72 sq mi) |
| • Land | 138.03 km2 (53.29 sq mi) |
| • Water | 6.29 km2 (2.43 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2012)[2] | |
• Total | 1,245 |
| • Density | 8.6/km2 (22/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfc |
| Website | www.kiikoinen.fi |
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
edit- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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
edit Media related to Kiikoinen at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Kiikoinen – Official website
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