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 |
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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 (2016-01-01) | ||
• Total | 463.19 km2 (178.84 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 (2016-03-31) | ||
• Total | 1,534 | |
• Rank | 286th largest in Finland | |
• Density | 3.31/km2 (8.6/sq mi) | |
Population by native language | ||
• Finnish | 99.3% (official) | |
• Swedish | 0.1% | |
• Others | 0.7% | |
Population by age | ||
• 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 | 20% | |
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 1,534 (31 March 2016) and the municipality covers an area of 463.19 square kilometres (178.84 sq mi) of which 28.10 square kilometres (10.85 sq mi) is inland water (2016-01-01). The population density is 3 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.8/sq mi) (31 March 2016). The municipal manager of Siikainen is Päivi Rantanen.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.