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Siikainen

Siikainen
SiikainenSiikais
Municipality
Siikaisten kunta
Siikais kommun
Eteläpää in Siikaniemi
Eteläpää in Siikaniemi
Coat of arms of Siikainen
Coat of arms
Location of Siikainen in Finland
Location of Siikainen in Finland
Coordinates: 61°53′N 021°49′E / 61.883°N 21.817°E / 61.883; 21.817Coordinates: 61°53′N 021°49′E / 61.883°N 21.817°E / 61.883; 21.817
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.


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