Rusko
Rusko | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
| Ruskon kunta Rusko kommun | |
Sormat office in Rusko | |
|
Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Rusko in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°32.5′N 022°13.5′E / 60.5417°N 22.2250°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 (2025-03-31)[2] | |
• Total | 6,402 |
| • Rank | 143rd largest in Finland |
| • Density | 50.35/km2 (130.4/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 95.2% (official) |
| • Swedish | 1.6% |
| • Others | 3.2% |
| 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 |
Rusko (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈrusko]) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 6,402 (31 March 2025)[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 50.35 inhabitants per square kilometre (130.4/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The municipality of Vahto was consolidated with Rusko on 1 January 2009.
References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,640,437 at the end of March 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-25. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-04-25.
- ^ "Number of foreign-language speakers exceeded 600,000 during 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-04. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
- ^ "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.
External links
- Media related to Rusko at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Rusko – Official website (in Finnish)