Piikkiö (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpiːkːiø]; Swedish: Pikis), is a former municipality of Finland. Piikkiö was consolidated with Kaarina on 1 January 2009.
Piikkiö | |
|---|---|
 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 | 90.35 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.
Notable individuals
- Mikael Agricola, clergyman and de facto inventor of written Finnish
- Fredrika Bremer, Swedish writer and feminist
- Jenni Dahlman, former model and winner of the 2001 Miss Scandinavia contest
- Leena Lander, author
- Artturi Lehkonen, ice hockey player
- Mika Lipponen, footballer
- Sami Salo, ice hockey player
- Timo Salonen, rally driver and the 1985 world champion for Peugeot
- Yrjö Sirola, politician and writer
- Liisa Veijalainen, orienteer
- Gerda Wrede, actor and speech therapist
References
External links
Media related to Piikkiö at Wikimedia Commons
Piikkiö travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Official website (in Finnish)