Kiukainen ( sv, Kiukais) is a former municipality of

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. It was consolidated with

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 municipal ...

on 1 January 2009. It is located in the

Satakunta Satakunta (in both Finnish and Swedish, ) is a region ( / ) of Finland, part of the former Western Finland Province. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Pirkanmaa, South Ostrobothnia and Ostrobothnia. The capital city of the region i ...

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. 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 Population density (in agriculture: Stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical ...

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 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 fr ...

is named after Kiukainen municipality. The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Town twinning

Before the 2009 consolidation, Kiukainen was

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with: *

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(current status unknown)

People born in Kiukainen

* Timo Kalli (1947 – ) * Kielo Tommila (1950 – ) * Eveliina Suonpää (1995 – )

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