Siikainen
Siikainen (Swedish: Siikais) is a municipality of Finland.
Siikainen
Siikais | |
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Municipality | |
| Siikaisten kunta Siikais kommun | |
Eteläpää in Siikaniemi | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Siikainen in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 61°53′N 021°49′E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Satakunta |
| Sub-region | Northern Satakunta sub-region |
| Charter | 1871 |
| Government | |
| • Municipality manager | Heli Kaskiluoto |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 491.33 km2 (189.70 sq mi) |
| • Land | 463.32 km2 (178.89 sq mi) |
| • Water | 28.1 km2 (10.8 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 188th largest in Finland |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,283 |
| • Rank | 284th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 2.77/km2 (7.2/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 98.4% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 1.4% |
| 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) |
| Climate | Dfc |
| Website | www.siikainen.fi |
It is located in the former province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 1,283 (31 December 2023),[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 December 2023). The municipal manager of Siikainen is Päivi Rantanen.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Siikainen hosts a buddhist center Samje and the northernmost Stupa in the world.[5]
References
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- "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.
- "The Siikainen Stupa: The Northernmost Stupa in the World". Buddhistdoor Global. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
External links
Media related to Siikainen at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Siikainen – Official website (in Finnish)