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]
 • Total491.33 km2 (189.70 sq mi)
 • Land463.32 km2 (178.89 sq mi)
 • Water28.1 km2 (10.8 sq mi)
 • Rank188th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-09-30)[2]
 • Total1,286
 • Rank284th largest in Finland
 • Density2.78/km2 (7.2/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish98.5% (official)
 • Swedish0.2%
 • Others1.3%
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 1,286 (30 September 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) (30 September 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.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Preliminary population statistics 2023, September". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  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. ↑ "The Siikainen Stupa: The Northernmost Stupa in the World". Buddhistdoor Global. Retrieved 2023-06-09.

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