Editing Askainen (section)

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{{Infobox settlement
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| name                    = Askainen
| official_name           = {{lang|fi|Askaisten kunta}}<br />{{lang|sv|Villnäs kommun}}
| native_name             = {{native name|fi|Askainen}}<br />{{native name|sv|Villnäs}}
| native_name_lang        = <!-- ISO 639-2 code. If more than one, use {{lang}} instead  -->
| settlement_type         = [[Municipalities of Finland|Former municipality]]
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| image_seal              = 
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| image_shield            = Askainen.vaakuna.svg
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| motto                   = 
| image_map               = Askainen.sijainti.suomi.2008.svg
| map_alt                 = 
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| pushpin_map             = <!-- Finland -->
| pushpin_label_position  = right
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location within Finland
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| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Finland]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of Finland|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Western Finland]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Regions of Finland|Region]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Southwest Finland]]
| subdivision_type3       = [[Sub-regions of Finland|Sub-region]]
| subdivision_name3       = [[Turku]]
| established_title       =
| established_date        = 
| extinct_title           = Merged into [[Masku]] 
| extinct_date            = January 1, 2009
| founder                 = 
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| government_footnotes    = 
| leader_party            = 
| leader_title            = [[City manager]]
| leader_name             = Pekka Määttänen
| unit_pref               = Metric<!-- or US or UK -->
| area_footnotes          = 
| area_total_km2          = 61.52
| area_land_km2           = 61.26
| area_water_km2          = 0.26
| area_rank               = [[List of Finnish municipalities by area|411th]]
| area_note               = 
| elevation_footnotes     = 
| elevation_m             = 
| population_footnotes    = 
| population_total        = 931
| population_as_of        = 2003
| population_rank         = [[List of Finnish municipalities by population|414th]]
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_demonym      = 
| population_note         = +0.6% change
| blank_name              = Official [[language]]s 
| blank_info              = [[Finnish language|Finnish]]
| blank1_name             = [[Urbanisation]]
| blank1_info             = 32.4%
| blank2_name             = [[Unemployment]] rate
| blank2_info             = 8.4%
| blank3_name             = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
| blank3_info             = [[Humid continental climate#Mild/cool summer subtype|Dfb]]
| timezone                = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
| utc_offset              = +2
| timezone_DST            = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +3
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| website                 = http://www.askainen.fi/
| footnotes               = 
}}

'''Askainen''' ({{IPA|fi|ˈɑskɑi̯nen|lang}}; {{langx|sv|Villnäs}}) is a [[List of former municipalities of Finland|former municipality]] of [[Finland]]. Together with [[Lemu, Finland|Lemu]], it was consolidated with [[Masku]] on January 1, 2009.

It is located in southwestern part of the country in the [[Varsinais-Suomi]] [[regions of Finland|region]]. The municipality had a population of 938 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 61.52&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> (excluding sea) of which 0.26&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> is inland water. The [[population density]] was 15.31 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

The municipality was unilingually [[Finnish language|Finnish]].