Kisko

Kiskon kunta
Former municipality

Kisko church, built in 1810, apart from the sacristy which originates from medieval times

Coat of arms
Country Finland
Province Western Finland
Region Southwest Finland
Sub-region Salo
Merged into Salo January 1, 2009
Government
  City manager Heimo Puustinen
Area
  Total 284.13 km2 (109.70 sq mi)
  Land 253.15 km2 (97.74 sq mi)
  Water 30.98 km2 (11.96 sq mi)
Area rank 289th
Population (2003)
  Total 1,912
  Rank 360th
  Density 6.7/km2 (17/sq mi)
  1.4 % change
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Official languages Finnish
Urbanisation 39.5%
Unemployment rate 10.3%
Climate Dfb
Website http://www.kisko.fi/

Kisko (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkisko]) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Salo on January 1, 2009.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 1,869 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 284.13 km² of which 30.98 km² is water. The population density was 7.38 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Media related to Kisko at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 60°15′55″N 23°26′50″E / 60.26528°N 23.44722°E / 60.26528; 23.44722


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/5/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.