Köyliö

Köyliö (Finnish: [ˈkøy̯liø]; Swedish: Kjulo) is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged to the municipality of Säkylä on 1 January 2016.^[3]

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Köyliö Kjulo
Former municipality
Köyliön kunta Kjulo kommun
Köyliö Church
Coat of arms
Location of Köyliö in Finland
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Country	Finland
Region	Satakunta
Sub-region	Rauma sub-region
Charter	1870
Consolidated	2016
Government
• Municipal manager	Seppo Saarinen
Area [1]
• Total	259.27 km2 (100.10 sq mi)
• Land	246.06 km2 (95.00 sq mi)
• Water	13.21 km2 (5.10 sq mi)
Population  (2015-06-30)[2]
• Total	2,665
• Density	10/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	www.koylio.fi

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It was located in the Satakunta region. The population of Köyliö was 2,665 (30 June 2015)^[2] and covered a land area of 246.06 km² (95.00 sq mi).^[1] The population density was 10.8307/km² (28.051/sq mi).

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

It is said that the peasant Lalli murdered the English bishop Henry on the ice of Lake Köyliö in 1156 AD, during the first Swedish Crusade into Finland. A statue to Lalli was erected at Köyliö in 1989.