Kaskinen

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Coat of Arms of Kaskinen
Town hall of Kaskinen
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Town hall of Kaskinen
A street in Kaskinen
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A street in Kaskinen

Kaskinen in Finnish or Kaskö in Swedish is a town of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of 1,558 (2003) and covers an area of 10.23 km² of which 0.15 km² is water. The population density is 152.3 inhabitants per km².

The town is bilingual, with the majority speaking Finnish (69%) and the minority Swedish (27%).

Kaskinen is the smallest town in Finland.

The first pulp mill was built in Kaskinen (jk)

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  Municipalities of Ostrobothnia Coat of arms of Ostrobothnia
Isokyrö | Jakobstad | Kaskinen | Korsholm | Korsnäs | Kristinestad | Kronoby | Laihia | Larsmo | Malax | Maxmo | Nykarleby | Närpes | Oravais | Pedersöre | Vaasa | Vähäkyrö | Vörå
Ostrobothnia Region | Western Finland | Finland