Piikkiö

Piikkiö [pi ː k ː Joe ] ( swedish pikis ) is a former municipality in southwestern Finland. In early 2009 it was incorporated into the neighboring city of Kaarina.

Piikkiö located on the coast of the landscape Varsinais -Suomi 16 km east of Turku. The community Piikkiö had an area of ​​90.83 km ² and last 7,578 inhabitants. The community was monolingual Finnish speakers.

The first mention of Piikkiö dates from the year 1331st At that time there was in the place probably a wooden church, which was in 1755 replaced by a stone church. As a building material for this one used the ruins of the castle Kuusisto. On the north shore of the bay Piikkiönlahti there are several farms. Because of the mild climate and sheltered by the offshore archipelago Baltic coast there are in Piikkiö many orchards. The population of the community grew due to the proximity to the city of Turku constant, in 2005, the population growth was 2.8 %.

The Church of Piikkiö

The Linnavuori Mountain at Piikkiö

Tuorla. Birthplace of Fredrika Bremer

Personalities from Piikkiö

• Fredrika Bremer, Swedish women's rights activist of the 19th century
• Jenni Dahlman, a former Miss Scandinavia and wife of Kimi Raikkonen
• Liisa Veijalainen (* 1951), orienteer