Askainen Askainen (Finnish) Villnäs (Swedish)
Former municipality
Askaisten kunta Villnäs kommun
Coat of arms
Country	Finland
Province	Western Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Turku
Merged into Masku	January 1, 2009
Government
• City manager	Pekka Määttänen
Area
• Total	61.52 km2 (23.75 sq mi)
• Land	61.26 km2 (23.65 sq mi)
• Water	0.26 km2 (0.10 sq mi)
• Rank	411th
Population  (2003)
• Total	931
• Rank	414th
• Density	15/km2 (39/sq mi)
	+0.6% change
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Official languages	Finnish
Urbanisation	32.4%
Unemployment rate	8.4%
Climate	Dfb
Website	http://www.askainen.fi/

Askainen (Finnish: [ˈɑskɑi̯nen]; Swedish: Villnäs) is a former municipality of Finland. Together with Lemu, it was consolidated with Masku on January 1, 2009.

It is located in southwestern part of the country in the Varsinais-Suomi region. The municipality had a population of 938 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 61.52 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.26 km² is inland water. The population density was 15.31 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

History

Askainen was first mentioned in 1374 as Askais, when it was a part of the Nousiainen parish. It was included into the Lemu parish after its separation from Nousiainen sometime before 1404. Askainen was also held by the monastery of Naantali before the Reformation. Askainen was mentioned as a chapel community within Lemu in 1592, though chapel rights may have been granted earlier.

Askainen became a separate parish and municipality in 1910, but the parishes of Askainen and Lemu were reunited in 1960. Despite this, the two still acted as separate municipalities until 2009, when they became parts of Masku.

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Notable residents

• Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, field marshal and 6th President of Finland was born in Askainen on June 4, 1867.