Siikainen

Siikainen (Swedish: Siikais) is a municipality of Finland.

Siikainen

Siikais
Municipality
Siikaisten kunta
Siikais kommun
Eteläpää in Siikaniemi
Coat of arms
Location of Siikainen in Finland
Coordinates: 61°53′N 021°49′E
Country Finland
RegionSatakunta
Sub-regionNorthern Satakunta sub-region
Charter1871
Government
 • Municipality managerPäivi Rantanen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total491.33 km2 (189.70 sq mi)
 • Land463.24 km2 (178.86 sq mi)
 • Water28.1 km2 (10.8 sq mi)
Area rank188th largest in Finland
Population
 (2020-07-31)[2]
 • Total1,432
 • Rank283rd largest in Finland
 • Density3.09/km2 (8.0/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish99.3% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others0.7%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1413.8%
 • 15 to 6458.2%
 • 65 or older28%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]20%
ClimateDfc
Websitewww.siikainen.fi

It is located in the former province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 1,432 (31 July 2020),[2] which make it the smallest municipality in Satakunta in terms of population. The municipality covers an area of 491.33 square kilometres (189.70 sq mi) of which 28.10 square kilometres (10.85 sq mi) is inland water (2018-01-01).[1] The population density is 3 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.8/sq mi) (31 July 2020). The municipal manager of Siikainen is Päivi Rantanen.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Heinäkuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  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.
  4. "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

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