Säkylä
Municipality
Säkylän kunta
Säkylä kommun
Säkylä centre
Säkylä centre
Coat of arms of Säkylä
Coat of arms
Location of Säkylä in Finland
Location of Säkylä in Finland
Coordinates: 61°03′N 022°21′E / 61.050°N 22.350°E / 61.050; 22.350
Country Finland
RegionSatakunta
Sub-regionRauma sub-region
Charter1869
Government
 • Municipality managerTeijo Mäenpää
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total527.71 km2 (203.75 sq mi)
 • Land406.85 km2 (157.09 sq mi)
 • Water107.89 km2 (41.66 sq mi)
 • Rank202nd largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-09-30)[2]
 • Total6,381
 • Rank147th largest in Finland
 • Density15.68/km2 (40.6/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish96.4% (official)
 • Swedish0.3%
 • Others3.3%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1412.9%
 • 15 to 6455.3%
 • 65 or older31.8%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
ClimateDfc
Websitewww.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 6,381 (30 September 2023)[2] 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).[1] The population density is 16 inhabitants per square kilometre (41/sq mi) (30 September 2023). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Säkylä is best known as the home of the Finnish Defence Forces' Porin Prikaati (Pori Brigade) and for the large and successful food industry.

Municipality of Köyliö was merged to Säkylä on 1 January 2016.[5]

Economy

The biggest employers are the Säkylä garrison (Pori Brigade), Lännen Tehtaat Plc, Broilertalo Oy, the Municipality of Säkylä, the Intermunicipal Federation of Public Health, and Sucros Säkylä.

Nature

For its diversity of nature, Säkylä has a special position among Finnish municipalities. Säkylä's Lake Pyhäjärvi (Säkylän Pyhäjärvi), situated mainly in the area of Säkylä, is the biggest lake in southwestern Finland.[6][7] It is renowned for its clean and clear water and big yields of fish, and the maintenance of its natural state is secured by the common efforts of the inhabitants, the municipality, and local industry. The ecology of the lake is sensitive to disturbances and therefore its condition is closely monitored, which is why Pyhäjärvi is one of the most studied lakes in Europe.[7] Insects found nowhere else in Finland live on the Säkylänharju Ridge. The fauna and flora of the ridge include several other rare and threatened species.

Lake Pyhäjärvi is a versatile bird lake. During the year, practically all of the water and shore birds of the Finnish inland waters are found there. The nesting species include lake birds drawn to the barren shores and clear waters, as well as some demanding specialities of the best eutrophic bird bays.[8]

Culture

Säkylä is the original home of the Antti farmstead, nowadays a museum object in the Seurasaari Open Air Museum in Helsinki. According to Traficom, Säkylä is the second most motorized municipality in Finland with 651 cars per thousand inhabitants.[9]

The whitefish soup was named traditional dish of the Säkylä parish in the 1980s.[10]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Preliminary population statistics 2023, September". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Köyliön ja Säkylän kuntaliitos uuden hallituksen ensimmäisiä päätöksiä". Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Lounais-Suomen vedet: Järvet". Ymparisto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  7. 1 2 Harri Mattila (2001). Pyhäjärvi – Yhteistyöllä vauhtia vesiensuojeluun Lounais-Suomessa (in Finnish). Uusikaupunki: Pyhäjärvi-instituutti. ISBN 952-9682-25-5.
  8. ↑ Rauno Yrjölä, Oskari Kekkonen, Antti Tanskanen & Peter Uppstu (2011). Pyhäjärven linnusto 2010 – Kevätmuutto, pesimälinnusto, syysmuutto (in Finnish). Eura: Pyhäjärvi-instituutti. ISBN 978-952-9682-60-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ "Anttilan perheessä tarvitaan liikkumiseen viisi autoa". Yle. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  10. ↑ Jaakko Kolmonen: Kotomaamme ruoka-aitta: Suomen, Karjalan ja Petsamon pitäjäruoat, p. 47. Helsinki: Patakolmonen Ky, 1988. (in Finnish)
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