| Velkua | |
| Official Name: | Finnish: Velkuan kunta Swedish: Velkua kommun |
| Settlement Type: | Former municipality |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Finland |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Finland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Western Finland |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Southwest Finland |
| Subdivision Type3: | Sub-region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Turku |
| Extinct Title: | Merged with Naantali |
| Extinct Date: | January 1, 2009 |
| Leader Title: | City manager |
| Leader Name: | Tiina Rinne-Kylänpää |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 31.21 |
| Area Land Km2: | 31.08 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.13 |
| Area Rank: | 427th |
| Population Total: | 233 |
| Population As Of: | 2003 |
| Population Rank: | 431st |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Note: | -2.9 % change |
| Blank Name: | Official languages |
| Blank Info: | Finnish |
| Blank1 Name: | Urbanisation |
| Blank1 Info: | 0.0% |
| Blank2 Name: | Unemployment rate |
| Blank2 Info: | 10.3% |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Website: | http://www.velkua.fi/ |
Velkua (pronounced as /fi/) is a former municipality of Finland. It was, together with Merimasku and Rymättylä, consolidated with the town of Naantali on January 1, 2009.
It is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 245 (2005-12-31) and covered an area of 30.07 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.13 km² is inland water. The population density was 8,1 inhabitants per km².
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
The village of Palva, located on the homonymous island, was mentioned already in 1469. Its name may refer to a place where meat and fish were cured by hunters or to a site of worship. Palva was the original center of the area, becoming a separate chapel community in 1793, when it was a part of the Taivassalo parish. In the 19th century, the name Velkua began appearing for the chapel community after the largest island in it: Velkua or Velkuanmaa. A densely populated village on the island of Velkua, Velkuankaupunki, was established in the 19th century.
The municipality was established in the 1860s and Velkua had become the predominant name. Velkua became a separate parish in 1917.[1]
Velkua was consolidated with Naantali in 2009.