Kakskerta is an

island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

in the

Archipelago Sea The Archipelago Sea ( fi, Saaristomeri, sv, Skärgårdshavet) is a part of the Baltic Sea between the Gulf of Bothnia, the Gulf of Finland and the Sea of Åland, within Finnish territorial waters. By some definitions it contains the largest ar ...

, south of the city of

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. It is a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

and a current district of Turku. Like other islands in the

, it has many summer residences. ''Lake Kakskerta'' is located in the middle of the island. The current () population of Kakskerta is 633, and it is increasing at an annual rate of 4.11%. 19.43% of the district's population are under 15 years old, while 11.85% are over 65. The district's

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makeup is 94.94% Finnish, 4.27% Swedish, and 0.79% other. There is a stone

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Chris ...

on Kakskerta, constructed in the 17th and 18th centuries. The municipality was annexed into the city of Turku in 1968. The Brinkhall manor was the filming location for the historical TV drama '.

History

Kakskerta was first mentioned in 1430 when it was a part of the

Kaarina Kaarina (; sv, S:t Karins, i.e. " Saint Catherine's") is a small town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland region and is a neighbouring town of Turku, which is the capital of Southwest Finland, therefore Kaarina ...

parish. The inhabitants of Kakskerta,

Satava Satava is a large island in the Archipelago Sea, off the coast of the city of Turku, Finland. The island is located between Hirvensalo and Kakskerta, and as with many Finnish islands, it has a large amount of summer residences. Satava is also a ...

and Kulho were permitted to construct a chapel in 1693, but one was not built. Later, the

Kakskerta church Kakskerta Church ( fi, Kakskerran kirkko, sv, Kakskerta kyrka) is located in Turku, Finland on the island Kakskerta. The seaside church is one of the three churches in the Turku Martin parish union. According to legend, the local fishermen got a s ...

was built in 1764-1770. Kakskerta eventually became a separate municipality in 1858 and a parish in 1904. In 1909, the inhabitants of

Hirvensalo Hirvensalo is an island in the Archipelago Sea, belonging to the city of Turku, Finland. It is divided into 14 districts, the largest ones being Moikoinen, Kukola and Haarla. Most of the island's economic activity is concentrated on the suburb of ...

, then part of

Maaria Maaria (''S:t Marie'' in Swedish) is a former municipality of Finland in what is now the northern part of the city of Turku. The area has been inhabited since the Iron Age, and it became an important village in the 15th century with the construct ...

, pleaded the Finnish government to transfer the island to the Kakskerta municipality, which was opposed by the municipal government of Maaria. While Hirvensalo was transferred to the Kakskerta parish in 1939, it never joined the municipality. In 1944, Hirvensalo was transferred to

instead. The Kakskerta parish was disestablished in 1959 and its territories were now ecclesiastically parts of the

Martin's Church Martin's Church ( fi, Martinkirkko, sv, Martinskyrkan) in Turku, Finland is the main church of Martin's parish, founded in 1921. The church was consecrated on the 450th anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther, on November 12, 1933. The designer ...

parish of Turku. The municipality remained independent until 1968.

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File:Kakskerran kirkko.jpg,

Kakskerta Church Kakskerta Church ( fi, Kakskerran kirkko, sv, Kakskerta kyrka) is located in Turku, Finland on the island Kakskerta. The seaside church is one of the three churches in the Turku Martin parish union. According to legend, the local fishermen got a s ...

File:Brinkhallin kartano.jpg, Brinkhall Manor

References

Districts of Turku Former municipalities of Finland Finnish islands in the Baltic Landforms of Southwest Finland {{WesternFinland-geo-stub

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