Köyliö ( sv, Kjulo) is a
former municipality of
Finland. It was merged to the municipality of
Säkylä
Säkylä is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Satakunta region, southeast of the city of Pori. The municipality has a population of () and the municipality covers an area of of which is inland water (). The population density is ...
on 1 January 2016.
It was located in the
Satakunta region. The population of Köyliö was (30 June 2015)
and covered a land area of .
The population density was .
The municipality was unilingually
Finnish.
It is said that the peasant
Lalli
Lalli is an apocryphal character from Finland, Finnish history. According to the legend, he killed Henry, Bishop of Uppsala, Bishop Henry on the ice of lake Köyliönjärvi in Finland on January 20, 1156.
Legend
The story begins with an expedi ...
murdered the English
bishop Henry
Saint Henry ( fi, Henrik; sv, Henrik; la, Henricus; died 20 January 1156.) was a medieval English clergyman. He came to Sweden with Cardinal Nicholas Breakspeare in 1153 and was most likely designated to be the new Archbishop of Uppsala, but th ...
on the ice of
Lake Köyliö
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...
in 1156 AD, during the
first Swedish Crusade into Finland. A statue to Lalli was erected at Köyliö in 1989.
Twinnings
Before the 2016 consolidation, Köyliö was
twinned with;
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Nora, Sweden (1944)
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Kõo
Kõo is a village in Viljandi County, Estonia. It was the administrative centre of Kõo Parish
Kõo Parish ( et, Kõo vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, in Viljandi County. It had a population of 1,194 (as of 1 January 2009) and an a ...
, Estonia (1991)
*
Fladungen
Fladungen is a town in the Rhön-Grabfeld district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the Rhön Mountains, 11 km northwest of Ostheim, 20 km west of Meiningen, and 33 km east of Fulda. It is the northernmost town in Bavaria ...
, Germany (1996)
References
External links
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Municipality of Köyliö– Official website
Municipalities of Satakunta
Former municipalities of Finland
Populated places established in 1870
*Köyliö
1870 establishments in Finland
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