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Särkisalo

Former municipality in Western Finland, Finland

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)
• 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/

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.

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.