Askainen

Askaisten kunta
—  Former municipality  —
Coat of arms
Country	Finland
Province	Western Finland
Region	Finland Proper
Sub-region	Turku
Merged into Masku	January 1, 2009
Government
• City manager	Pekka Määttänen
Area
• Total	61.52 km2 (23.8 sq mi)
• Land	61.26 km2 (23.7 sq mi)
• Water	0.26 km2 (0.1 sq mi)
Area rank	411th
Population (2003)
• Total	931
• Rank	414th
• Density	15.1/km2 (39.2/sq mi)
	+0.6 % change
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Official languages	Finnish
Urbanisation	32.4%
Unemployment rate	8.4%
Website	http://www.askainen.fi/

Askainen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈɑskɑinen]; Swedish: Villnäs) is a former municipality of Finland. Together with Lemu, it was consolidated with Masku on January 1, 2009.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 938 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 61.52 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.26 km² is inland water. The population density was 15.31 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Notable residents

• Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, field marshal and 6th President of Finland

External links

Media related to Askainen at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website

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Coordinates: 60°34′20″N 21°51′55″E / 60.57222°N 21.86528°E / 60.57222; 21.86528

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