Kiukainen
{{Short description|Former municipality of Finland}}
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Kiukainen ({{langx|sv|Kiukais}}) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Eura on 1 January 2009.
It is located in the Satakunta region. The municipality had a population of 3,408 (2003) and covered an area of 149.88 km2 of which 0.22 km2 is water. The population density was 22.7 inhabitants per km2.
In Kiukainen there are many ancient gravehills made from piled stones. Largest of them is called Kuninkaanhauta, "the king's grave", located in the Panelia village. It is the biggest of its type in Nordic countries. The Stone Age Kiukainen culture is named after Kiukainen municipality.
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
Town twinning
{{see also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland}}
Before the 2009 consolidation, Kiukainen was twinned with:
- {{flagicon|Russia}} Boksitogorsk, Leningrad Oblast, Russia (current status unknown)
People born in Kiukainen
- Timo Kalli (1947 – )
- Kielo Tommila (1950 – )
- Eveliina Suonpää (1995 – )
External links
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Category:Populated places disestablished in 2009
Category:2009 disestablishments in Finland
Category:Former municipalities of Finland
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