Kuusjoki
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Kuusjoki | |
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| Kuusjoen kunta Kuusjoki kommun | |
 Kuusjoki Church | |
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 Interactive map of Kuusjoki | |
  Kuusjoki Location within Southwest Finland  Kuusjoki Location within Finland  Kuusjoki Location within Europe | |
| Country | Finland |
| Province | Western Finland |
| Region | Southwest Finland |
| Sub-region | Salo |
| Merged into Salo | January 1, 2009 |
| Government | |
| • City manager | Aarno Sola |
| Area | |
• Total | 122.57 km2 (47.32 sq mi) |
| • Land | 122.46 km2 (47.28 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.11 km2 (0.042 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 379th |
| Population (2003) | |
• Total | 1,800 |
| • Rank | 364th |
| • Density | 15/km2 (38/sq mi) |
| −1.9 % change | |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Official languages | Finnish |
| Urbanisation | 31.2% |
| Unemployment rate | 7.9% |
| Climate | Dfc |
| Website | http://www.kuusjoki.fi/ |
Kuusjoki (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkuːsjoki]) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Salo on January 1, 2009. Neighbouring municipalities of Särkisalo were Halikko, Koski, Kiikala, Marttila, Pertteli, Salo and Somero.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 1,781 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 122.57 km² of which 0.11 km² is water. The population density was 14.54 inhabitants per km².
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
