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Piikkiö (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpiːkːiø]; Swedish: Pikis), is a former municipality of Finland. Piikkiö was consolidated with Kaarina on 1 January 2009.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 6,836 in December 2004 and covered an area of 90.35 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.07 km² is inland water. The population density was 75.72 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was almost unilingually Finnish.

Notable individuals

• Mikael Agricola, clergyman and de facto inventor of written Finnish
• Fredrika Bremer, Swedish writer and feminist
• Jenni Dahlman, former model and winner of the 2001 Miss Scandinavia contest
• Leena Lander, author
• Artturi Lehkonen, ice hockey player
• Mika Lipponen, footballer
• Sami Salo, ice hockey player
• Timo Salonen, rally driver and the 1985 world champion for Peugeot
• Yrjö Sirola, politician and writer
• Liisa Veijalainen, orienteer
• Gerda Wrede, actor and speech therapist

References

External links

Media related to Piikkiö at Wikimedia Commons Piikkiö travel guide from Wikivoyage

• Official website (in Finnish)