Siuntio
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Municipality | |
| Siuntion kunta Sjundeå kommun | |
 St. Peter's Church in Siuntio | |
 Coat of arms  Logo | |
| Motto: Ota rauhallisesti – Ta det lugnt | |
 Location of Siuntio in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°08′N 024°13′E / 60.133°N 24.217°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Uusimaa |
| Sub-region | Helsinki sub-region |
| Year when first mentioned | 1382 |
| Seat | Siuntion asemanseutu |
| Government | |
| • Municipality manager | Juha-Pekka Isotupa |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 266.12 km2 (102.75 sq mi) |
| • Land | 241.27 km2 (93.15 sq mi) |
| • Water | 24.96 km2 (9.64 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 249th largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-08-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 6,181 |
| • Rank | 151st largest in Finland |
| • Density | 25.62/km2 (66.4/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 65.7% (official) |
| • Swedish | 26.3% (official) |
| • Others | 8% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 17.3% |
| • 15 to 64 | 63% |
| • 65 or older | 19.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www |
Siuntio (Finnish: [ˈsiu̯ntio]; Swedish: Sjundeå) is a municipality in the Uusimaa region of Southern Finland. Its neighboring municipalities are Ingå to the west, Kirkkonummi, to the east, Lohja to the north-west, and Vihti to the north. It is 46 kilometres (29 mi) west of Helsinki.
As of 2021, the population was 6,181 with a population density of 25.62 inhabitants per square kilometre (66.4/sq mi). The municipality covers an area of 266.12 square kilometres (102.75 sq mi), of which 24.96 km2 (9.64 sq mi) is water.
Siuntio is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of 66% Finnish speakers, 26% Swedish speakers, and 8% speakers of other languages. Previously, the majority of the population spoke Swedish until the 1980s.
Siuntio's motto is "Ota rauhallisesti - Ta det lugnt", which means "take it easy" in Finnish and Swedish respectively. The municipality's rebranding program introduced the new motto along with a new logo in 2021.[6]
- ^ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-09-24. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
- ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ erika.parvikoski. "Siuntion brändi uudistui". www.siuntio.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2021-04-26.