Masku

Masku is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality, which is located just north of Turku, has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is {{Infobox Finnish Municipality/population densityMasku.The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has previously also been known as "Masko" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Masku" also in Swedish.On January 1, 2009 the municipalities of Askainen and Lemu were consolidated with Masku.The most famous resident of Masku is Finnish tennis player Jarkko Nieminen. Well known football players from Masku include Kasper Hämäläinen, Riku Riski and Roope Riski.