Rusko
Municipality in Southwest Finland, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rusko (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈrusko]) is a municipality of Finland.
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Rusko | |
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Municipality | |
Ruskon kunta Rusko kommun | |
Coordinates: 60°32.5′N 022°13.5′E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Southwest Finland |
Sub-region | Turku sub-region |
Metropolitan area | Turku metropolitan area |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Arto Oikarinen |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 127.90 km2 (49.38 sq mi) |
• Land | 127.16 km2 (49.10 sq mi) |
• Water | 0.78 km2 (0.30 sq mi) |
• Rank | 287th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 6,436 |
• Rank | 144th largest in Finland |
• Density | 50.61/km2 (131.1/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 95% (official) |
• Swedish | 1.6% |
• Others | 3.3% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 20.1% |
• 15 to 64 | 60.3% |
• 65 or older | 19.6% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Climate | Dfb |
Website | rusko |
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It is located in Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 6,436 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 127.90 square kilometres (49.38 sq mi) of which 0.78 km2 (0.30 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 50.61 inhabitants per square kilometre (131.1/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The municipality of Vahto was consolidated with Rusko on 1 January 2009.