Kiikoinen

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Kiikoinen [ ki ː koi̯nen ] (Swedish kikois ) was a rural town with 1245 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in Western Finland. It is located about 50 km west of the port city of Pori and 70 km east of Tampere on state road 11 historic counts Kiikoinen the landscape Pirkanmaa, with the Finnish administrative reform in 1997, it became the landscape Satakunta slammed. 2013 Kiikoinen was incorporated into Sastamala and thus changed the landscape in Pirkanmaa.

The site covers an area of ​​144.34 km2, of which 6.29 km2 inland water surface. The formerly independent municipality, the municipality had number 254 at the time of dissolution of the municipality on 31 December 2012, it had 1,245 inhabitants, the population density was 9.0 inhabitants. / Km ².

Kiikoinen long belonged to the westerly parish Kiika and became independent in 1847 as a parish; the wooden parish church was built in 1851 according to plans by Pehr Johan Gylich. The municipality existed since 1922 and included in addition to the Kirchdorf Kiikoinen the places Jaara, Kuorsumaa, Niemenmaa, Myöntee, Rautu, Jylhänmaa, Nevanperä, Hongistonmaa and Tervahauta. The settlement focus lies on the western shore of the lake Kiikoisjärvi.

The largest employer in addition to the local government the work of the agricultural machinery manufacturer Potila Oy, and there are a few medium-sized craft enterprises. Every summer, the Folklore Festival Festival Purpurijuhlat organized in Kiikoinen that several thousand attracts visitors.