| Coordinates | 61°53′N 021°49′E |
|---|---|
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Satakunta |
| Sub-region | Northern Satakunta |
| Municipality manager | Heli Kaskiluoto |
| Charter | 1871 |
| Climate | Dfc |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+02:00) |
| Time zone (DST) | EEST (UTC+03:00) |
Siikainen (Swedish: Siikais) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the former province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of (),[1] which make it the smallest municipality in Satakunta in terms of population. The municipality covers an area of km2 of which km2 is inland water ().[2] The population density is PD/sqkm (). The municipal manager of Siikainen is Heli Kaskiluoto.
History
Siikainen was founded as a chapel of the Merikarvia mother parish in 1772, when the first church was completed. Siikainen was separated from Merikarvia as an independent parish by an imperial decree on 2 December 1861. The municipality of Siikainen was founded in 1871.
The villages of Uusi- and Vanha-Samminmaja previously belonged to the municipality of Kankaanpää. Uusi-Samminmaja was annexed to the Siikainen parish in 1904.
The old church of Siikainen burned down in 1887, and the current church, representing the neo-Gothic style, was built in 1889.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Siikainen hosts the buddhist center Samje, and the stupa located there was the northernmost in the world until 2016.[3][4]
References
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- ^ "The Siikainen Stupa: The Northernmost Stupa in the World". Buddhistdoor Global. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
- ^ "Buddhist Channel | Europe"
External links
- Municipality of Siikainen – Official website