Velkua | |
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| Velkuan kunta Velkua kommun | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Country | Finland |
| Province | Western Finland |
| Region | Southwest Finland |
| Sub-region | Turku |
| Merged with Naantali | January 1, 2009 |
| Government | |
| • City manager | Tiina Rinne-Kylänpää |
| Area | |
• Total | 31.21 km2 (12.05 sq mi) |
| • Land | 31.08 km2 (12.00 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.13 km2 (0.05 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 427th |
| Population (2003) | |
• Total | 233 |
| • Rank | 431st |
| • Density | 7.5/km2 (19/sq mi) |
| −2.9 % change | |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Official languages | Finnish |
| Urbanisation | 0.0% |
| Unemployment rate | 10.3% |
| Website | http://www.velkua.fi/ |
Velkua (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈʋelkuɑ]) is a former municipality of Finland. It was, together with Merimasku and Rymättylä, consolidated with the town of Naantali on January 1, 2009.
It is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 245 (2005-12-31) and covered an area of 30.07 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.13 km² is inland water. The population density was 8,1 inhabitants per km².
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.