Köyliö
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This article is about the municipality of Finland. For the lake, see Köyliönjärvi.
Köyliö (Finnish: [ˈkøy̯liø]; Swedish: Kjulo) is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged to the municipality of Säkylä on 1 January 2016.[3]
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Köyliö
Kjulo | |
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Former municipality | |
Köyliön kunta Kjulo kommun | |
Coordinates: 61°7′7″N 22°18′27″E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Satakunta |
Sub-region | Rauma sub-region |
Charter | 1870 |
Consolidated | 2016 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Seppo Saarinen |
Area | |
• Total | 259.27 km2 (100.10 sq mi) |
• Land | 246.06 km2 (95.00 sq mi) |
• Water | 13.21 km2 (5.10 sq mi) |
Population (2015-06-30)[2] | |
• Total | 2,665 |
• Density | 10/km2 (27/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Website | www.koylio.fi |
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It was located in the Satakunta region. The population of Köyliö was 2,665 (30 June 2015)[2] and covered a land area of 246.06 km2 (95.00 sq mi).[1] The population density was 10.8307/km2 (28.051/sq mi).
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
It is said that the peasant Lalli murdered the English bishop Henry on the ice of Lake Köyliö in 1156 AD, during the first Swedish Crusade into Finland. A statue to Lalli was erected at Köyliö in 1989.