Siikainen
Siikais | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
| Siikaisten kunta Siikais kommun | |
 Eteläpää in Siikaniemi | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Siikainen in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 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 | 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 | 1,284 |
| • Rank | 284th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 2.77/km2 (7.2/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 98.5% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 1.3% |
| 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 |
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 1,284 (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.[6]
