Municipality:Masku

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Masku is a municipality of Finland in the region of Lounais-Suomi. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality, which is located just north of Turku, has a population of 9,546 (31 January 2019) and covers an area of 204.01 square kilometres (78.77 sq mi) of which 29.21 km2 (11.28 sq mi) is water. The population density is 54.58 inhabitants per square kilometre (141.4/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has also been known as "Masko" in Swedish. The swedish name no longer has official status, and is considered outdated according to the Institute for the Languages of Finland.

On January 1, 2009 the municipalities of Askainen and Lemu were consolidated with Masku.


Zones

There are 7 turfzones in Masku, where two are counted as holy zones and one as bridge zone.


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