- Halikko
Kuntainfo
fullname=Halikon kunta
status=municipality
province=Western Finland
region=Finland Proper
district=Salo
citymanager=Simo Paassilta
languages=Finnish
arearank=260th
area=357.31
arealand=356.79
poprank=112th
popdate=2003
pop=9,374
popchange=+ 1.4
popdensity=26.3
urbanisation=68.4
unemployment=8.7
website=http://www.halikko.fi/Halikko (IPA2|hliko) is a municipality of
Finland .It is located in the province of
Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of 9,491 (2004-12-31 ) and covers an area of 357.31 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.52 km² is inland water. Thepopulation density is 26.60 inhabitants per km².The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
History
Halikko (was called Rikala) was already in the
Iron age an important trade and meeting place on the Finnish coast. E.g. theVikings sailed to the coast back then to trade. There are several Iron Age treasures found in Halikko.The name Halikko is mentioned for the first time in
1313 .Manors came to Halikko at the 12th century. First the Åminne Manor, then Vuorentaka and Wiurila. In the middle of 17th century church and state wanted to separate from each other in Finland and in the
1865 the minicipality of Halikko is formed. August Armfelt, theGraf of Wiurila was the first City manager.In
1932 Halikko had to give areas to Salo and in the1967 the municipality ofAngelniemi was merged to Halikko.External links
* [http://www.halikko.fi/matkailu/englanniksi.htm Official site]
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