Siikainen
Siikainen (Swedish: Siikais) is a municipality of Finland.
Siikainen Siikais | |
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Municipality | |
| Siikaisten kunta Siikais kommun | |
 Eteläpää in Siikaniemi | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Siikainen in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 61°53′N 021°49′E | |
| Country |  |
| Region | Satakunta |
| Sub-region | Northern Satakunta sub-region |
| Charter | 1871 |
| Government | |
| • Municipality manager | Päivi Rantanen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 491.33 km2 (189.70 sq mi) |
| • Land | 463.24 km2 (178.86 sq mi) |
| • Water | 28.1 km2 (10.8 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 188th largest in Finland |
| Population (2019-01-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,454 |
| • Rank | 286th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 3.14/km2 (8.1/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 99.3% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.1% |
| • Others | 0.7% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 13.8% |
| • 15 to 64 | 58.2% |
| • 65 or older | 28% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20% |
| Climate | Dfc |
| Website | www.siikainen.fi |
It is located in the former province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 1,454 (31 January 2019)[2] and the municipality covers an area of 491.33 square kilometres (189.70 sq mi) of which 28.10 square kilometres (10.85 sq mi) is inland water (2018-01-01).[1] The population density is 3 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.8/sq mi) (31 January 2019). The municipal manager of Siikainen is Päivi Rantanen.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
References
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
External links
- Municipality of Siikainen – Official website (in Finnish)
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