Piikkiö

Piikkiön kunta
Former municipality
Country	Finland
Province	Western Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Turku
Merged with Kaarina	January 1, 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)
Area rank	400th
Population (2003)
• Total	6,695
• Rank	162nd
• Density	74/km² (190/sq mi)
	+0.9 % change
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Official languages	Finnish
Urbanisation	82.3%
Unemployment rate	7.9%
Climate	Dfb
Website	http://www.piikkio.fi/

Piikkiö (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpiːkːiø]; Swedish: Pikis), is a former municipality of Finland. Piikkiö was consolidated with Kaarina on January 1, 2009.

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 on 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.

Notable individuals

Artturi Lehkonen, ice hockey player
Fredrika Bremer, Swedish writer and feminist
Gilbert von Rettig, businessman
Jenni Dahlman, former model and winner of the 2001 Miss Scandinavia contest
Joni Vuorinen, footballer
Juha Föhr, meteorologist
Juhani Rinne, archaeologist
Leena Lander, author
Liisa Veijalainen, orienteer
Mika Lipponen, footballer
Mikael Agricola, clergyman and de facto inventor of written Finnish
Olavi Maununpoika, bishop of Turku
Sami Salo, ice hockey player
Timo Salonen, rally driver and the 1985 world champion for Peugeot
Yrjö Sirola, politician and writer

External links

Media related to Piikkiö at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (Finnish)

Municipalities of Southwest Finland

Municipalities	Aura Kaarina Kimitoön Koski Tl Kustavi Laitila Lieto Loimaa Marttila Masku Mynämäki Naantali Nousiainen Oripää Paimio Pargas Pyhäranta Pöytyä Raisio Rusko Salo Sauvo Somero Taivassalo Turku Uusikaupunki Vehmaa

Former municipalities	Alastaro Angelniemi Askainen Dragsfjärd Halikko Hiittinen Houtskär Iniö Kakskerta Kalanti Karinainen Karjala Karuna Kimito Kiikala Kisko Kiukainen Korpo Kuusisto Kuusjoki Lemu Loimaan kunta Lokalahti Maaria Mellilä Merimasku Metsämaa Mietoinen Muurla Naantalin maalaiskunta Nagu Paattinen Pargas Pargas landskommun Perniö Pertteli Piikkiö Pyhämaa Rymättylä Särkisalo Somerniemi Suomusjärvi Tarvasjoki Uskela Uudenkaupungin maalaiskunta Vahto Västanfjärd Velkua Yläne

Southwest Finland Finland

Coordinates: 60°25′30″N 022°31′00″E / 60.42500°N 22.51667°E / 60.42500; 22.51667

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