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Säkylä
Municipality in Satakunta, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Säkylä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsækylæ]) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Satakunta region, 65 kilometres (40 mi) southeast of the city of Pori. The municipality has a population of 6,377 (31 December 2023)[2] and the municipality covers an area of 527.71 square kilometres (203.75 sq mi) of which 107.89 square kilometres (41.66 sq mi) is inland water (2018-01-01).[1] The population density is 16 inhabitants per square kilometre (41/sq mi) (31 December 2023). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
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Säkylä | |
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Municipality | |
Säkylän kunta Säkylä kommun | |
![]() Säkylä centre | |
![]() Location of Säkylä in Finland | |
Coordinates: 61°03′N 022°21′E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Satakunta |
Sub-region | Rauma sub-region |
Charter | 1869 |
Government | |
• Municipality manager | Teijo Mäenpää |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 527.71 km2 (203.75 sq mi) |
• Land | 406.85 km2 (157.09 sq mi) |
• Water | 107.89 km2 (41.66 sq mi) |
• Rank | 202nd largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 6,377 |
• Rank | 146th largest in Finland |
• Density | 15.67/km2 (40.6/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 94.9% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.3% |
• Others | 4.8% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 12.9% |
• 15 to 64 | 55.3% |
• 65 or older | 31.8% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Climate | Dfc |
Website | www.sakyla.fi |
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Säkylä is known as the home of the Pori Brigade of the Finnish Defence Forces and for the large food industry.
The municipality of Köyliö was merged to Säkylä on 1 January 2016.[5]