# Rusko > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rusko > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rusko.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusko > Source revision: 1346720445 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) This article is about the municipality. For other uses, see [Rusko (disambiguation)](/source/Rusko_(disambiguation)). You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Finnish. (June 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must follow the LLM translation guideline, revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. 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Municipality in Southwest Finland, Finland Rusko Municipality Ruskon kunta Rusko kommun Sormat office in Rusko Flag Coat of arms Location of Rusko in Finland Interactive map of Rusko Coordinates: 60°32.5′N 022°13.5′E / 60.5417°N 22.2250°E / 60.5417; 22.2250 Country Finland Region Southwest Finland Sub-region Turku sub-region Metropolitan area Turku metropolitan area Government • Municipal manager Arto Oikarinen Area (2018-01-01)[1] • Total 127.90 km2 (49.38 sq mi) • Land 127.16 km2 (49.10 sq mi) • Water 0.78 km2 (0.30 sq mi) • Rank 287th largest in Finland Population (2025-12-31)[2] • Total 6,381 • Rank 143rd largest in Finland • Density 50.18/km2 (130.0/sq mi) Population by native language [3] • Finnish 95.1% (official) • Swedish 1.5% • Others 3.4% Population by age [4] • 0 to 14 20.1% • 15 to 64 60.3% • 65 or older 19.6% Time zone UTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST) UTC+03:00 (EEST) Climate Dfb Website rusko.fi **Rusko** (Finnish pronunciation: [\[ˈrusko\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Finnish)) is a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Finland) of [Finland](/source/Finland). It is located in [Western Finland](/source/Western_Finland) and is part of the [Southwest Finland](/source/Southwest_Finland) [region](/source/Regions_of_Finland). The municipality has a population of 6,381 (31 December 2025)[2] and covers an area of 127.90 square kilometres (49.38 sq mi) of which 0.78 km2 (0.30 sq mi) is water.[1] The [population density](/source/Population_density) is 50.18 inhabitants per square kilometre (130.0/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually [Finnish](/source/Finnish_language). The municipality of [Vahto](/source/Vahto) was consolidated with Rusko on 1 January 2009. ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-total_area_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-total_area_1-1) ["Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018"](https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/maanmittauslaitos.fi/files/attachments/2018/01/Suomen_pa_2018_kunta_maakunta.pdf) (PDF). *National Land Survey of Finland*. Retrieved 30 January 2018. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-population_count_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-population_count_2-1) ["Population growth slowed down in 2025"](https://stat.fi/en/publication/cmg6f46k91y0e07w0qtdt6yl7). Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2026-04-01. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [2243-3627](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2243-3627). Retrieved 2026-04-06. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-population_by_language_3-0)** ["Population growth slowed down in 2025"](https://stat.fi/en/publication/cmg6f46k91y0e07w0qtdt6yl7). Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2026-04-01. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1797-5395](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1797-5395). Retrieved 2026-04-01. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-demography_4-0)** ["Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020"](https://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11rf.px/). *StatFin*. [Statistics Finland](/source/Statistics_Finland). Retrieved 2 May 2021. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-tax_rate_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-tax_rate_5-1) ["Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023"](https://www.vero.fi/syventavat-vero-ohjeet/paatokset/47465/kuntien-ja-seurakuntien-tuloveroprosentit-vuonna-2023/). Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023. ## External links - Media related to [Rusko](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Rusko) at Wikimedia Commons - [Municipality of Rusko](https://rusko.fi/) – Official website (in Finnish) Places adjacent to Rusko Nousiainen Kuhankuono Masku Rusko Turku Raisio v t e Municipalities of Southwest Finland Municipalities Aura Kaarina Kimitoön Koski Tl Kustavi Laitila Lieto Loimaa Marttila Masku Mynämäki Naantali Nousiainen Oripää Paimio Pargas Pyhäranta Pöytyä Raisio Rusko Salo Sauvo Somero Taivassalo Turku Uusikaupunki Vehmaa Former municipalities Alastaro Angelniemi Askainen Dragsfjärd Halikko Hitis Houtskär Iniö Kakskerta Kalanti Karinainen Karjala Karuna Kimito Kiikala Kisko Korpo Kuusisto Kuusjoki Lemu Loimaan kunta Lokalahti Maaria Mellilä Merimasku Metsämaa Mietoinen Muurla Naantalin maalaiskunta Nagu Paattinen Pargas landskommun Perniö Pertteli Piikkiö Pyhämaa Rymättylä Särkisalo Somerniemi Suomusjärvi Tarvasjoki Uskela Uudenkaupungin maalaiskunta Vahto Västanfjärd Velkua Yläne Southwest Finland Finland Authority control databases International ISNI National Finland This Western Finland location article is a stub. 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