Velkua

Velkua
Former municipality
Velkuan kunta Velkua kommun
Coat of arms
Country	Finland
Province	Western Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
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	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
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 part of the Southwest Finland 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.

History[]

The area of Velkua originally belonged to the Taivassalo church play. In 1793, the  [fi; fr] of Velkua dedicated to St. Henry was completed and Velkua received the status of a chapel congregation. In the Third Russo-Swedish War, a in 1808. Russian troops landed on Velkua and plundered the church. In the course of the separation of the administration of the rural communities from the church administration, the political community Velkua was created in 1863. At the beginning of 2009, Velkua was incorporated into the mainland town of Naantali together with Rymättylä and Merimasku.

External links[]

Media related to Velkua at Wikimedia Commons

• http://www.velkua.fi/ – Official website (in Finnish)

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

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