Säkylä
Säkylä | |
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Municipality | |
| Säkylän kunta Säkylä kommun | |
Säkylä centre | |
Location of Säkylä in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 61°03′N 022°21′E / 61.050°N 22.350°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Satakunta |
| Sub-region | Rauma |
| Charter | 1869 |
| Government | |
| • Municipality manager | Teijo Mäenpää |
| Area (2018-01-01) | |
• Total | 527.71 km2 (203.75 sq mi) |
| • Land | 406.85 km2 (157.09 sq mi) |
| • Water | 107.89 km2 (41.66 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 202nd largest in Finland |
| Population (2025-03-31) | |
• Total | 6,234 |
| • Rank | 148th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 15.32/km2 (39.7/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 94.4% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.3% |
| • Others | 5.3% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 12.9% |
| • 15 to 64 | 55.3% |
| • 65 or older | 31.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfc |
| Website | www.sakyla.fi |
Säkylä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsækylæ]) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Satakunta region, 65 kilometres (40 mi) southeast of the city of Pori. The municipality has a population of 6,234 (31 March 2025) and the municipality covers an area of 527.71 square kilometres (203.75 sq mi) of which 107.89 square kilometres (41.66 sq mi) is inland water (2018-01-01). The population density is 15 inhabitants per square kilometre (39/sq mi) (31 March 2025). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Säkylä is known as the home of the Pori Brigade of the Finnish Defence Forces and for the large food industry.
The municipality of Köyliö was merged to Säkylä on 1 January 2016.