Kaskinen
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Kaskinen (; ) is a town and island in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. Kaskinen is situated in Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Kaskinen approximately , while the sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kaskinen
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kaskinen street.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Kaskinen
- Settlement.image_shield
- Kaskinen.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Kaskinen sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Kaskinen in Finland
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- city
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ostrobothnia
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Sydösterbotten
- Settlement.leader_title
- Town manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Markku Lumio
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Kaskö stad
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Vaasa Province
- Official language
- Swedish
- Population
- 1248
- Area
- 164.72
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Närpes
- Official website
- kaskinen.fi/sv
- Image
- Kaskinen old town hall 20190705.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Kaskinen
- twinned administrative body
- Hudiksvall Municipality
- Commons category
- Kaskinen
- inception
- 1785-01-01
- P8168
- Robert Mayr-Harting
- associated electoral district
- Vaasa
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Coastal Southern Ostrobothnia
- native label
- Kaskö
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=231
- P12749
- Peter Paul Rubens
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Demographics
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- See also
- References
- External links
Kaskinen (; ) is a town and island in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. Kaskinen is situated in Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Kaskinen approximately , while the sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland.
Kaskinen covers an area of (excluding sea areas) of which is inland water (). The population density is .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kaskinen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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