Editing Kiukainen (section)

{{Short description|Former municipality of Finland}}
[[File:Kiukainen.sijainti.suomi.2008.svg|thumb|Location of Kiukainen in Finland]]
{{about|the former municipality of Finland|the archaeological culture|Kiukainen culture}}
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'''Kiukainen''' ({{langx|sv|Kiukais}}) is a [[List of former municipalities of Finland|former municipality]] of [[Finland]]. It was consolidated with [[Eura]] on 1 January 2009.

It is located in the [[Satakunta (region)|Satakunta]] [[regions of Finland|region]]. The municipality had a population of 3,408 (2003) and covered an area of 149.88&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> of which 0.22&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> is water. The [[population density]] was 22.7 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

In Kiukainen there are many ancient gravehills made from piled stones. Largest of them is called [[Kuninkaanhauta]], "the king's grave", located in the [[Panelia]] village. It is the biggest of its type in [[Nordic countries]]. The Stone Age [[Kiukainen culture]] is named after Kiukainen municipality.

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