Siikainen
Siikainen
Siikais | |
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Municipality | |
| Siikaisten kunta Siikais kommun | |
 Eteläpää in Siikaniemi | |
 Coat of arms | |
 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 (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 491.33 km2 (189.70 sq mi) |
| • Land | 463.24 km2 (178.86 sq mi) |
| • Water | 28.1 km2 (10.8 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 188th largest in Finland |
| Population (2021-03-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,376 |
| • Rank | 282nd largest in Finland |
| • Density | 2.97/km2 (7.7/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 99.3% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.1% |
| • Others | 0.7% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 11.3% |
| • 15 to 64 | 51.4% |
| • 65 or older | 37.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 22% |
| Climate | Dfc |
| 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 1,376 (31 March 2021),[2] which make it the smallest municipality in Satakunta in terms of population. The municipality covers an area of 491.33 square kilometres (189.70 sq mi) of which 28.10 square kilometres (10.85 sq mi) is inland water (2018-01-01).[1] The population density is 3 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.8/sq mi) (31 March 2021). The municipal manager of Siikainen is .
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
References[]
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M03*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "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 (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003-2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
External links[]
Media related to Siikainen at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Siikainen – Official website (in Finnish)
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