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Rusko

Municipality in Southwest Finland, Finland

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Rusko (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈrusko]) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 6,381 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 127.90 square kilometres (49.38 sq mi) of which 0.78 km2 (0.30 sq mi) is water. The population density is 50.18 inhabitants per square kilometre (130.0/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The municipality of Vahto was consolidated with Rusko on 1 January 2009.

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