Siikainen Siikais | |
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Municipality | |
| Siikaisten kunta Siikais kommun | |
 Eteläpää in Siikaniemi | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Siikainen in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 61°53′N021°49′E / 61.883°N 21.817°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Satakunta |
| Sub-region | Northern Satakunta |
| Charter | 1871 |
| Government | |
| • Municipality manager | Heli Kaskiluoto |
| Area (2018-01-01) [1] | |
• Total | 491.33 km2 (189.70 sq mi) |
| • Land | 463.32 km2 (178.89 sq mi) |
| • Water | 28.1 km2 (10.8 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 188th largest in Finland |
| Population (2025-06-30) [2] | |
• Total | 1,248 |
| • Rank | 283rd largest in Finland |
| • Density | 2.69/km2 (7.0/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 98.4% (official) |
| • Others | 1.6% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 11.3% |
| • 15 to 64 | 51.4% |
| • 65 or older | 37.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfc |
| Website | siikainen |
Siikainen (Swedish : Siikais) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the former province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 1,248 (30 June 2025), [2] which make it the smallest municipality in Satakunta in terms of population. The municipality covers an area of 491.33 square kilometres (189.70 sq mi) of which 28.10 square kilometres (10.85 sq mi) is inland water (2018-01-01). [1] The population density is 3 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.8/sq mi) (30 June 2025). The municipal manager of Siikainen is Heli Kaskiluoto.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Siikainen hosts a buddhist center Samje and the Stupa located there was the northern most in the world until 2016. [5] [6]
