Piikkiö | |
Settlement Type: | Former municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Finland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Finland |
Coordinates: | 60.425°N 22.5167°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Finland |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Finland |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southwest Finland |
Subdivision Type3: | Sub-region |
Subdivision Name3: | Turku |
Extinct Title: | Merged with Kaarina |
Extinct Date: | 1 January 2009 |
Leader Title: | City manager |
Leader Name: | Jouko Mäkinen |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 90.69 |
Area Land Km2: | 90.55 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.14 |
Area Rank: | 400th |
Population Total: | 6695 |
Population As Of: | 2003 |
Population Rank: | 162nd |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Note: | +0.9% change |
Blank Name: | Official languages |
Blank Info: | Finnish |
Blank1 Name: | Urbanisation |
Blank1 Info: | 82.3% |
Blank2 Name: | Unemployment rate |
Blank2 Info: | 7.9% |
Blank3 Name: | Climate |
Blank3 Info: | Dfb |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Website: | http://www.piikkio.fi/ |
Piikkiö (in Finnish pronounced as /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.