Siikainen

Siikainen
SiikainenSiikais
—  Municipality  —
Siikaisten kunta
Siikais kommun
Eteläpää in Siikaniemi

Coat of arms
Location of Siikainen in Finland
Coordinates:
Country Finland
Region Satakunta
Sub-region Northern Satakunta sub-region
Charter 1871
Government
 • Municipality manager Päivi Rantanen
Area(2011-01-01)[1]
 • Total 491.34 km2 (189.7 sq mi)
 • Land 463.24 km2 (178.9 sq mi)
 • Water 28.1 km2 (10.8 sq mi)
Area rank 236th largest in Finland
Population (2011-01-31)[2]
 • Total 1,657
 • Rank 304th largest in Finland
 • Density 3.58/km2 (9.3/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 99.3% (official)
 • Swedish 0.1%
 • Others 0.7%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 13.8%
 • 15 to 64 58.2%
 • 65 or older 28%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 20%
Website www.siikainen.fi

Siikainen (Swedish: Siikais) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the former province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 1,657 (31 January 2011)[2] and the municipality covers an area of 491.34 square kilometres (189.71 sq mi) of which 28.10 square kilometres (10.85 sq mi) is inland water (2011-01-01).[1] The population density is 4 inhabitants per square kilometre (10 /sq mi) (31 January 2011). The municipal manager of Siikainen is Päivi Rantanen.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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