Särkisalo

Särkisalo (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsærkiˌsɑlo]; Swedish: Finby) is a former municipality of Finland, located mostly on Särkisalo island. It was consolidated with Salo on January 1, 2009.

Särkisalo Särkisalo – Finby
Former municipality
Särkisalon kunta Finby kommun
Coat of arms
Country	Finland
Province	Western Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Salo
Merged with Salo	January 1, 2009
Government
• City manager	Paavo Karila
Area
• Total	82.85 km2 (31.99 sq mi)
• Land	81.79 km2 (31.58 sq mi)
• Water	1.06 km2 (0.41 sq mi)
Area rank	405th
Population  (2003)
• Total	723
• Rank	420th
• Density	8.7/km2 (23/sq mi)
	−2.8 % change
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Official languages	Finnish
Urbanisation	0.0%
Unemployment rate	10.5%
Climate	Dfb
Website	http://www.sarkisalo.fi/

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 710 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 82.85 km² (excluding sea) of which 1.06 km² is inland water. The population density was 8.68 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was bilingual, with majority being Finnish and minority Swedish speakers.