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Kiukainen
Kiukainen () is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Eura on 1 January 2009. It is located in the Satakunta region. The municipality had a population of 3,408 (2003) and covered an area of 149.88 km2 of which 0.22 km2 is water. The population density was 22.7 inhabitants per km2. In Kiukainen there are many ancient gravehills made from piled stones. Largest of them is called Kuninkaanhauta, "the king's grave", located in the Panelia village. It is the biggest of its type in Nordic countries. The Stone Age Kiukainen culture is named after Kiukainen municipality. The municipality was unilingually Finnish. Town twinning Before the 2009 consolidation, Kiukainen was twinned with: * Boksitogorsk, Leningrad Oblast, Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven t ...
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Panelia
Panelia is a village in the municipality of Eura in Satakunta, Finland. It is located on the connecting road 2172, about away from the town centers of Eura and Harjavalta. Panelia has a population of 850 inhabitants, and, along with the Eurakoski village, it was the second urban area in the former municipality of Kiukainen, which joined Eura in 2009. History Panelia is an old village, established in the 13th century at the latest. The origin of the name is unclear, but Aarne Rauvola suggests that it refers to ''panni'', an old unit of measurement used for grain. Panelia, like the rest of Kiukainen, was originally a part of the Eura parish. The first chapel in the area was built in the early 1690s. The chapel burnt down in 1714, after which a church was built in the village of Kiukainen (now Eurakoski). Due to this, Kiukainen/Eurakoski supplanted Panelia as the main village of the area. Services Panelia's services include a primary school, a library, a health center and a fir ...
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Kiukainen Culture
The Kiukainen culture was the last Stone Age culture of the southwestern coast of Finland, dating to 2400–1500/1300 BC. Its material culture combined elements from Pit–Comb Ware and Corded Ware cultures. The area of Kiukainen culture ranged from the shore of Kvarken to Vyborg Bay Vyborg Bay (; ; ) is a deep inlet running northeastward near the eastern end of Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea. The city of Vyborg is located near the head of the gulf. The Monrepos Park is considered a jewel of the bay and a major dra .... Kiukainen culture is named after the Kiukainen municipality where the Finnish archaeologist Matti Kauppinen found the first artifacts . References Additional sources * Archaeological cultures in Finland Stone Age Europe {{finland-stub ...
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Kielo Tommila
Kielo Tommila (born 21 April 1950) is a Finnish film actress and stage actress. Tommila was born in Kiukainen. She began acting in film in 1982 making several appearances such as in the 1983 James Bond spoof ''Agent 000 and the Deadly Curves'' opposite actors Ilmari Saarelainen and Tenho Sauren and in the 2001 Timo Koivusalo film '' Rentun ruusu'' more recently. Tommila has also appeared in the theatre in her home town of Pori Pori (; ; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Satakunta. It is located on the west coast of the country, on the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Pori is approximately , while the Pori sub-region, sub-region has a population of a .... References External links * 1950 births Living people People from Eura Finnish film actresses Finnish stage actresses {{Finland-actor-stub ...
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Timo Kalli
Timo Juhani Kalli (born 22 February 1947 in Kiukainen, now Eura, Satakunta Satakunta (in both Finnish language, Finnish and Swedish language, Swedish, ; historically ''Satacundia'') is a Regions of Finland, region ( / ) of Finland, part of the former Western Finland Province. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland ...) is a Finnish former politician from the Centre Party. He is a farmer by profession. Kalli was a member of parliament between 1991 and 2019, and held the position of the speaker of the parliament for a short period in 2007 following that year's general elections. He was also the chairman of Center Party parliamentary group between 2003 and 2011. References 1947 births Living people People from Eura Centre Party (Finland) politicians Speakers of the Parliament of Finland Members of the Parliament of Finland (1991–1995) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1995–1999) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1999–2003) Members of the ...
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Eura
Eura () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality of Kiukainen was consolidated with Eura on 1 January 2009. The municipality is one of the most distinguished places in Finland in terms of pre-historical findings. The archaeological findings are mainly from the Iron Age and include e.g. ancient dress "''Euran Emännän Puku''". Local tradition had it still in the 18th century that a decisive battle against invading Sweden was held in Eura's Big Meadow (''Iso Niitty'') in the Middle Ages. According to the story, there was blood up to man's ankles on the meadow.Purhonen, Paula: ''Kristinuskon saapumisesta Suomeen''. 1998. . See page 156. Politics Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Eura: *Social Democratic Party 3 ...
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Boksitogorsk
Boksitogorsk () is a town and the administrative center of Boksitogorsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the banks of the Pyardomlya River in the basin of the Syas River, east of St. Petersburg. Population: History The settlement of Boksity () was established in 1929 to house the workers of the local bauxite mine. It was a part of Tikhvinsky District of Leningrad Oblast. In December 1934, the construction of a bauxite plant started. In 1935, the settlement was granted urban-type settlement status and given its present name. In 1940, the population neared 10,000 and a school, kindergarten, nursery, ambulatory and drugstore, several canteens, and shops were built. In 1950, Boksitogorsk was granted town status and on July 25, 1952 it became the administrative center of Boksitogorsky District. Administrative and municipal status Within the subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions, framework of administrative divisions, Boksitogorsk serves as th ...
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List Of Former Municipalities Of Finland
This is a list of the former municipalities of Finland. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Ä Ö __NOTOC__ A * Ahlainen (Swedish: Vittisbofjärd) – became part of Pori in 1972 * Aitolahti (Swedish: Aitolax) – became part of Tampere in 1966 * Akaa (Swedish: Ackas) – divided in 1946 between Toijala, Kylmäkoski, Sääksmäki and Viiala. The name was re-introduced in 2007 when the municipalities of Toijala and Viiala were consolidated. * Alahärmä – consolidated with Kauhava in 2009 * Alastaro – consolidated with Loimaa in 2009 * Alatornio (Swedish: Nedertorneå) – became part of Tornio in 1973 * Alaveteli (Swedish: Nedervetil) – consolidated with Kronoby in 1969 * Angelniemi – became part of Halikko in 1967 * Anjala – consolidated with Sippola in 1975 to form the Anjalankoski market town * Antrea (Swedish: S:t Andree) – was lost to the USSR in 1944 * Anttola – became part of Mikkeli in 2001 * ...
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Populated Places Disestablished In 2009
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and plants, and has specific uses within such fields as ecology and genetics. Etymology The word ''population'' is derived from the Late Latin ''populatio'' (a people, a multitude), which itself is derived from the Latin word ''populus'' (a people). Use of the term Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined feature in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species which inhabit the same geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where interbreeding is possible between any opposite-sex pair within the area ...
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Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders of Russia, land borders with fourteen countries. Russia is the List of European countries by population, most populous country in Europe and the List of countries and dependencies by population, ninth-most populous country in the world. It is a Urbanization by sovereign state, highly urbanised country, with sixteen of its urban areas having more than 1 million inhabitants. Moscow, the List of metropolitan areas in Europe, most populous metropolitan area in Europe, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, while Saint Petersburg is its second-largest city and Society and culture in Saint Petersburg, cultural centre. Human settlement on the territory of modern Russia dates back to the ...
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Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast (, ; ; ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). The oblast has an area of and a population of 2,000,997 (2021 Russian census, 2021 Census); up from 1,716,868 recorded in the 2010 Russian census, 2010 Census. Leningrad Oblast is highly industrialized. Its administrative center and largest city is Gatchina. The oblast was established on 1 August 1927, although it was not until 1946 that the oblast's borders had been mostly settled in their present position. The oblast was named after the city of Saint Petersburg, Leningrad. In 1991, the city restored its original name, Saint Petersburg, but the oblast retains the name of Leningrad. It overlaps the historical region of Ingria, and is bordered by Finland (Kymenlaakso and South Karelia) in the northwest and Estonia (Ida-Viru County) in the west, as well as five federal subjects of Russia: the Republic of Karelia in the northeast, Vologda Oblast in the east, Novgorod Oblast in the sou ...
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