Kisko
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Kisko | ||
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| Kiskon kunta Kisko kommun | ||
 Kisko church, built in 1810, apart from the sacristy which originates from medieval times | ||
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Urbanisation 39.5% | | |
| Unemployment rate | 10.3% | |
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| Website | http://www.kisko.fi/ | |
Kisko (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkisko]) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Salo on 1 January 2009.
It is located in the
Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 1,869 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 284.13 km² of which 30.98 km² is water. The population density
was 7.38 inhabitants per km².
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
History
Kisko was first mentioned in 1347, when it was a part of the parish of Pohja. It became an independent parish somewhere between the 1400s and the 1500s. At that time, the parish of Kisko also included Suomusjärvi, which became a separate parish in 1898.
Kisko was consolidated with Salo in 2009.[1]
References
- ^ "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 165+430. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
External links
Media related to Kisko at Wikimedia Commons
- http://www.kisko.fi/ Archived 2008-02-17 at the Wayback Machine – Official website (in Finnish)
60°15′55″N 23°26′50″E / 60.26528°N 23.44722°E
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