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 | |
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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) |
| • 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 in 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.
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