Kisko
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kisko
| official_name = {{lang|fi|Kiskon kunta}}
{{lang|sv|Kisko kommun}}
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| settlement_type = Former municipality
| image_skyline = Kisko.jpg
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| image_caption = Kisko church, built in 1810, apart from the sacristy which originates from medieval times
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| image_shield = Kisko.vaakuna.svg
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| image_map = Kisko.sijainti.suomi.2008.svg
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| pushpin_label_position = right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Finland
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Finland
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Western Finland
| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = Southwest Finland
| subdivision_type3 = Sub-region
| subdivision_name3 = Salo
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| extinct_title = Merged into Salo
| extinct_date = January 1, 2009
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| leader_title = City manager
| leader_name = Heimo Puustinen
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 284.13
| area_land_km2 = 253.15
| area_water_km2 = 30.98
| area_rank = 289th
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| population_total = 1912
| population_as_of = 2003
| population_rank = 360th
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| population_note = −1.4 % change
| blank_name = Official languages
| blank_info = Finnish
| blank1_name = Urbanisation
| blank1_info = 39.5%
| blank2_name = Unemployment rate
| blank2_info = 10.3%
| blank3_name = Climate
| blank3_info = Dfb
| timezone = EET
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = EEST
| utc_offset_DST = +3
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| website = http://www.kisko.fi/
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Kisko ({{IPA|fi|ˈkisko}}) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Salo on 1 January 2009.
It is located in the province of 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.{{Cite web|title=SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|url=https://kaino.kotus.fi/www/verkkojulkaisut/julk63/SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|page=165+430|access-date=August 18, 2022|website=kaino.kotus.fi|language=fi}}
References
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External links
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- http://www.kisko.fi/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080217023508/http://www.kisko.fi/ |date=2008-02-17 }} – Official website {{in lang|fi}}
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Category:Former municipalities of Finland
Category:Populated places disestablished in 2009
Category:2009 disestablishments in Finland
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