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_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}}

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