Askainen (; sv, Villnäs) is a former municipality of

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. Together with

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, it was consolidated with

Masku Masku () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality, which is located about just north of Turku, has a population of () and covers an area of of w ...

on January 1, 2009. It is located in southwestern part of the country in the

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. The municipality had a population of 938 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 61.52 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.26 km² is inland water. The

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was 15.31 inhabitants per km². The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

History

Askainen was first mentioned in 1374 as ''Askais'', when it was a part of the Nousiainen parish. It was included into the

parish after its separation from Nousiainen sometime before 1404. Askainen was also held by the monastery of Naantali before the Reformation. Askainen was mentioned as a chapel community within Lemu in 1592, though chapel rights may have been granted earlier. Askainen became a separate parish and municipality in 1910, but the parishes of Askainen and Lemu were reunited in 1960. Despite this, the two still acted as separate municipalities until 2009, when they became parts of

Notable residents

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (, ; 4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military leader and statesman. He served as the military leader of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War of 1918, as Regent of Finland (1918–1919), as comma ...

, field marshal and 6th

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was born in Askainen on June 4, 1867.

External links

Official website

References

Former municipalities of Finland Populated places disestablished in 2009 2009 disestablishments in Finland {{WesternFinland-geo-stub