Velkua
Former municipality in Western Finland, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Velkua (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈʋelkuɑ]) is a former municipality of Finland. It was, together with Merimasku and Rymättylä, consolidated with the town of Naantali on January 1, 2009.
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Velkua | |
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Velkuan kunta Velkua kommun | |
Country | Finland |
Province | Western Finland |
Region | Southwest Finland |
Sub-region | Turku |
Merged with Naantali | January 1, 2009 |
Government | |
• City manager | Tiina Rinne-Kylänpää |
Area | |
• Total | 31.21 km2 (12.05 sq mi) |
• Land | 31.08 km2 (12.00 sq mi) |
• Water | 0.13 km2 (0.05 sq mi) |
• Rank | 427th |
Population (2003) | |
• Total | 233 |
• Rank | 431st |
• Density | 7.5/km2 (19/sq mi) |
−2.9 % change | |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Official languages | Finnish |
Urbanisation | 0.0% |
Unemployment rate | 10.3% |
Website | http://www.velkua.fi/ |
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It is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 245 (2005-12-31) and covered an area of 30.07 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.13 km² is inland water. The population density was 8,1 inhabitants per km².
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.