Särkisalo | |
Official Name: | Finnish: Särkisalon kunta Swedish: Finby kommun |
Native Name: | Finnish: Särkisalo – Swedish: Finby |
Settlement Type: | Former municipality |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Finland |
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: | Salo |
Extinct Title: | Merged with Salo |
Extinct Date: | January 1, 2009 |
Leader Title: | City manager |
Leader Name: | Paavo Karila |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 82.85 |
Area Land Km2: | 81.79 |
Area Water Km2: | 1.06 |
Area Rank: | 405th |
Population Total: | 723 |
Population As Of: | 2003 |
Population Rank: | 420th |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Note: | -2.8 % change |
Blank Name: | Official languages |
Blank Info: | Finnish |
Blank1 Name: | Urbanisation |
Blank1 Info: | 0.0% |
Blank2 Name: | Unemployment rate |
Blank2 Info: | 10.5% |
Blank3 Name: | Climate |
Blank3 Info: | Dfb |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Website: | http://www.sarkisalo.fi/ |
Särkisalo (in Finnish pronounced as /ˈsærkiˌsɑlo/; Swedish: Finby) is a former municipality of Finland, located mostly on Särkisalo island. It was consolidated with Salo 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 710 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 82.85 km² (excluding sea) of which 1.06 km² is inland water. The population density was 8.68 inhabitants per km².
The municipality was bilingual, with majority being Finnish and minority Swedish speakers.