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| name                    = Kisko
| official_name           = {{lang|fi|Kiskon kunta}}<br />{{lang|sv|Kisko kommun}}
| native_name             = <!-- if different from name -->
| native_name_lang        = <!-- ISO 639-2 code. If more than one, use {{lang}} instead  -->
| settlement_type         = [[Municipalities of Finland|Former municipality]]
| image_skyline           = Kisko.jpg
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| image_caption           = Kisko church, built in 1810, apart from the sacristy which originates from medieval times
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| image_shield            = Kisko.vaakuna.svg
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| image_map               = Kisko.sijainti.suomi.2008.svg
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| pushpin_map             = <!-- Finland -->
| pushpin_label_position  = right
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location within Finland
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| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Finland]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of Finland|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Western Finland]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Regions of Finland|Region]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Southwest Finland]]
| subdivision_type3       = [[Sub-regions of Finland|Sub-region]]
| subdivision_name3       = [[Salo, Finland|Salo]]
| established_title       = 
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| extinct_title           = Merged into [[Salo, Finland|Salo]]
| extinct_date            = January 1, 2009
| founder                 = 
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| leader_party            = 
| leader_title            = [[City manager]]
| leader_name             = Heimo Puustinen
| unit_pref               = Metric<!-- or US or UK -->
| area_footnotes          = 
| area_total_km2          = 284.13
| area_land_km2           = 253.15
| area_water_km2          = 30.98
| area_rank               = [[List of Finnish municipalities by area|289th]]
| area_note               = 
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| elevation_m             = 
| population_footnotes    = 
| population_total        = 1912
| population_as_of        = 2003
| population_rank         = [[List of Finnish municipalities by population|360th]]
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_demonym      = 
| population_note         = &minus;1.4 % change
| blank_name              = Official [[language]]s 
| blank_info              = [[Finnish language|Finnish]]
| blank1_name             = [[Urbanisation]]
| blank1_info             = 39.5%
| blank2_name             = [[Unemployment]] rate
| blank2_info             = 10.3%
| blank3_name             = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
| blank3_info             = [[Humid continental climate#Mild/cool summer subtype|Dfb]]
| timezone                = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
| utc_offset              = +2
| timezone_DST            = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +3
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| website                 = http://www.kisko.fi/
| footnotes               = 
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'''Kisko''' ({{IPA|fi|ˈkisko}}) is a [[list of former municipalities of Finland|former municipality]] of [[Finland]]. It was consolidated with [[Salo, Finland|Salo]] on 1 January 2009.

It is located in the [[provinces of Finland|province]] of [[Western Finland]] and is part of the [[Southwest Finland]] [[regions of Finland|region]]. The municipality had a population of 1,869 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 284.13&nbsp;km² of which 30.98&nbsp;km² is water. The [[population density]] was 7.38 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually [[Finnish language|Finnish]].

== History ==
Kisko was first mentioned in 1347, when it was a part of the parish of [[Pohja]]. It became an independent parish somewhere between the 1400s and the 1500s. At that time, the parish of Kisko also included [[Suomusjärvi]], which became a separate parish in 1898.

Kisko was consolidated with Salo in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|url=https://kaino.kotus.fi/www/verkkojulkaisut/julk63/SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|page=165+430|access-date=August 18, 2022|website=kaino.kotus.fi|language=fi}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*http://www.kisko.fi/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080217023508/http://www.kisko.fi/ |date=2008-02-17 }} – Official website {{in lang|fi}}

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[[Category:Former municipalities of Finland]]
[[Category:Salo, Finland]]
[[Category:Populated places disestablished in 2009]]
[[Category:2009 disestablishments in Finland]]


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