Kiikoinen

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
Country	Finland
Region	Satakunta
Sub-region	Northern Satakunta sub-region
Charter	1847
Government
• Municipal manager	Tapio Rautava
Area [1]
• Total	144.32 km^2 (55.72 sq mi)
• Land	138.03 km^2 (53.29 sq mi)
• Water	6.29 km^2 (2.43 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2012)[2]
• Total	1,245
• Density	8.6/km^2 (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

1. "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
2. "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.

External links

Media related to Kiikoinen at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Kiikoinen – Official website