Velkua

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Velkuan kunta
Former municipality

Coat of arms
Country Finland
Province Western Finland
Region Finland Proper
Sub-region Turku
Merged with Naantali January 1, 2009
Government
  City manager Tiina Rinne-Kylänpää
Area
  Total 31.21 km2 (12.05 sq mi)
  Land 31.08 km2 (12.00 sq mi)
  Water 0.13 km2 (0.05 sq mi)
Area rank 427th
Population (2003)
  Total 233
  Rank 431st
  Density 7.5/km2 (19/sq mi)
  2.9 % change
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Official languages Finnish
Urbanisation 0.0%
Unemployment rate 10.3%
Website http://www.velkua.fi/

Velkua (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈʋelkuɑ]) is a former municipality of Finland. It was, together with Merimasku and Rymättylä, consolidated with the town of Naantali on January 1, 2009.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 245 (2005-12-31) and covered an area of 30.07 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.13 km² is inland water. The population density was 8,1 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

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Coordinates: 60°28′N 021°40′E / 60.467°N 21.667°E / 60.467; 21.667

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