Kiukainen

Location of Kiukainen in Finland

Kiukainen (Swedish: Kiukais) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Eura on 1 January 2009.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality had a population of 3,408 (2003) and covered an area of 149.88 km² of which 0.22 km² is water. The population density was 22.7 inhabitants per km².

In Kiukainen there are many ancient gravehills made from piled stones. Largest of them is called Kuninkaanhauta, "the king's grave". It is the biggest of its type in Nordic Countries.

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Town twinning

Before the 2009 consolidation, Kiukainen was twinned with:

Boksitogorsk, Leningrad Oblast, Russia (current status unknown)

People born in Kiukainen

Timo Kalli (1947 – )
Kielo Tommila (1950 – )
Eveliina Suonpää (1995 – )

External links

Media related to Kiukainen at Wikimedia Commons

Municipalities of Satakunta

Municipalities	Eura Eurajoki Harjavalta Honkajoki Huittinen Jämijärvi Kankaanpää Karvia Kokemäki Luvia Merikarvia Nakkila Pomarkku Pori Rauma Siikainen Säkylä Ulvila

Former municipalities	Ahlainen Hinnerjoki Honkilahti Kauvatsa Keikyä Kiikoinen Kiukainen Kodisjoki Kullaa Köyliö Lappi Lavia Noormarkku Porin maalaiskunta Rauman maalaiskunta Vampula

Satakunta Finland

Coordinates: 61°12′25″N 22°05′00″E / 61.20694°N 22.08333°E / 61.20694; 22.08333

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