Velkua
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Velkua | |
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| Velkuan kunta Velkua kommun | |
 Landscape in Velkua. | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Velkua in Finland (2008). | |
 Interactive map of Velkua | |
  Velkua Location within Southwest Finland  Velkua Location within Finland  Velkua Location within Europe | |
| 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 (0.050 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 427th |
| Population (2003) | |
• Total | 233 |
| • Rank | 431st |
| • Density | 7.50/km2 (19.4/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. Neighbouring municipalities of Velkua were Askainen, Iniö, Kustavi, Merimasku, Korpo, Rymättylä and Taivassalo.
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. By population it was the smallest Finnish-speaking municipality in Finland at the time before the merger.[1]
