Kisko

Former municipality in Western Finland, Finland

Coat of arms

CountryFinlandProvinceWestern FinlandRegionSouthwest FinlandSub-regionSaloMerged into SaloJanuary 1, 2009Government

• City managerHeimo PuustinenArea

• Total284.13 km² (109.70 sq mi) • Land253.15 km² (97.74 sq mi) • Water30.98 km² (11.96 sq mi) • Rank289thPopulation

(2003)

• Total1,912 • Rank360th • Density6.7/km² (17/sq mi) −1.4 % changeTime zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)Official languagesFinnishUrbanisation39.5%Unemployment rate10.3%Climate DfbWebsitehttp://www.kisko.fi/

Kisko (Finnish pronunciation: [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.^[1]