Piikkiö
Piikkiö | |
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 Piikkiö Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Piikkiö Location within Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°25′30″N 022°31′00″E / 60.42500°N 22.51667°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 | 90.69 km2 (35.02 sq mi) |
| • Land | 90.55 km2 (34.96 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.14 km2 (0.05 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/ |
Piikkiö (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpiːkːiø]; Swedish: Pikis), is a former municipality of Finland. Piikkiö was consolidated with Kaarina on 1 January 2009.[1]
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 90.69 km2 (excluding sea) of which 0.14 km2 is inland water in January 2008.[2] The population density was 75.72 inhabitants per km2.
The municipality was almost unilingually Finnish.
Notable individuals
[edit]- Mikael Agricola, clergyman and de facto inventor of written Finnish
- Fredrika Bremer, Swedish writer and feminist[3]
- Jenni Dahlman, former model and winner of the 2001 Miss Scandinavia contest[4]
- Leena Lander, author[5]
- Artturi Lehkonen, ice hockey player[6]
- Mika Lipponen, footballer
- Sami Salo, ice hockey player
- Timo Salonen, rally driver and the 1985 world champion for Peugeot
- Yrjö Sirola, politician and writer[7]
- Liisa Veijalainen, orienteer[8]
- Gerda Wrede, actor and speech therapist
References
[edit]- ^ "Regional adjustments 1.1.2009". stat.fi. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "SUOMEN PINTA-ALA KUNNITTAIN 1. 1. 2008 FINLANDS AREAL KOMMUNVIS 1.1.2008" (PDF). www.maanmittauslaitos.fi. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Fredrika Bremer". sok.riksarkivet.se. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Jenni Dahlman". www.missi.net. Archived from the original on 2008-02-06. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Lander, Leena". www.kirjasampo.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "KalPa-sensaatio pääsee melkoiseen puntariin". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 17 December 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ Eduskunta, Finland (1982). Finlands riksdagsledamöter 1907-1982 (in Finnish). Valtion painatuskeskus. p. 595. ISBN 978-951-859-235-1. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "MM-suunnistaja Liisa Veijalainen ei pelkää eksymistä". YLE (in Finnish). 21 November 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
External links
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Media related to Piikkiö at Wikimedia Commons
Piikkiö travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Official website (in Finnish)
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