Siikainen

Siikainen
Siikais
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; 21.817
Country Finland
RegionSatakunta
Sub-regionNorthern Satakunta sub-region
Charter1871
Government
 • Municipality managerHeli Kaskiluoto
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total
491.33 km2 (189.70 sq mi)
 • Land463.32 km2 (178.89 sq mi)
 • Water28.1 km2 (10.8 sq mi)
 • Rank188th largest in Finland
Population
 (2024-10-31)[2]
 • Total
1,263
 • Rank284th largest in Finland
 • Density2.73/km2 (7.1/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish98.4% (official)
 • Swedish0.2%
 • Others1.4%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1411.3%
 • 15 to 6451.4%
 • 65 or older37.3%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
ClimateDfc
Websitewww.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 1,263 (31 October 2024),[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 October 2024). The municipal manager of Siikainen is Heli Kaskiluoto.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.


Siikainen hosts a buddhist center Samje and the northernmost Stupa in the world.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-11-19. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  3. ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  6. ^ "The Siikainen Stupa: The Northernmost Stupa in the World". Buddhistdoor Global. Retrieved 2023-06-09.

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