Piikkiö

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Coat of arms of the former municipality of Piikkiö

Piikkiö [ ˈpiːkːiœ ] ( Swedish Pikis ) is a former municipality in southwest Finland . At the beginning of 2009 it was incorporated into the neighboring town of Kaarina .

Piikkiö located on the coast of the landscape Finland Proper 16 km east of Turku . The municipality of Piikkiö had an area of ​​90.83 km² and most recently 7,578 inhabitants. The community was monolingual in Finnish .

History and location

The first written mention of Piikkiö comes from the year 1331. At that time there was probably a wooden church at the place, which was replaced in 1755 by a stone church. The ruins of Kuusisto Castle were used as building material .

There are several manors on the north bank of the Piikkiönlahti Bay. Because of the mild climate on the Baltic coast, which is protected by the offshore archipelago , there are many orchards in Piikkiö. The population of the municipality grew constantly due to the proximity to the city of Turku, in 2005 the population growth was 2.8%.

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The place had a train station on the Helsinki – Turku railway from 1889 to 1979 .

economy

Piikkio Works Oy , a subsidiary of Meyer Turku Werft , operates a cabin factory for cruise ships in town.

Personalities

photos

  • Center of Piikkiö

  • The church of Piikkiö

  • The Linnavuori mountain near Piikkiö

  • Tuorla. Fredrika Bremer's birthplace

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ As of December 31, 2008. Source: Väestörekisterikeskus (Finnish population register). ( Memento of the original from September 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / vrk.fi
  2. ↑ Meyer Turku invests 17 million euros in the cabin factory. Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , April 22, 2016, accessed on August 29, 2018 .

Coordinates: 60 ° 26 '  N , 22 ° 31'  E