Siikainen
| Siikainen Siikainen – Siikais | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Siikaisten kunta Siikais kommun | ||
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Eteläpää in Siikaniemi | ||
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 Location of Siikainen in Finland | ||
| Coordinates: 61°53′N 021°49′E / 61.883°N 21.817°ECoordinates: 61°53′N 021°49′E / 61.883°N 21.817°E | ||
| 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 (189.71 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 463.24 km2 (178.86 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 28.1 km2 (10.8 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 236th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2015-06-30)[2] | ||
| • Total | 1,562 | |
| • Rank | 304th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 3.37/km2 (8.7/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 1,562 (30 June 2015)[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 3 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.8/sq mi) (30 June 2015). The municipal manager of Siikainen is Päivi Rantanen.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
References
- 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- 1 2 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.06.2015" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ "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
Media related to Siikainen at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Siikainen – Official website (Finnish)
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