Halikko

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Halikko
Former municipality
Halikon kunta Halikko kommun
Coat of arms
Country	Finland
Province	Western Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Salo
Merged with Salo	January 1, 2009
Government
• City manager	Simo Paassilta
Area
• Total	357.31 km2 (137.96 sq mi)
• Land	356.79 km2 (137.76 sq mi)
• Water	0.52 km2 (0.20 sq mi)
• Rank	260th
Population  (2003)
• Total	9,374
• Rank	112th
• Density	26/km2 (68/sq mi)
	+1.4 % change
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Official languages	Finnish
Urbanisation	68.4%
Unemployment rate	8.7%
Climate	Dfb
Website	http://www.halikko.fi/

Halikko (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈhɑlikːo]) is a former municipality of Finland that existed until December 31, 2008. On January 1, 2009, the municipality was merged with the larger neighboring Salo. Before the merge Halikko had become a rapidly urbanizing rural area.^[1]

It was located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 9,491 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 357.31 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.52 km² was inland water. The population density was 26.60 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.