Tarvasjoki | |
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Former municipality | |
| Tarvasjoen kunta Tarvasjoki kommun | |
 Tarvasjoki Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Tarvasjoki in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°35′N 022°44′E / 60.583°N 22.733°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Southwest Finland |
| Sub-region | Loimaa sub-region |
| Charter | 1869 |
| Merged | 2015 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Oili Paavola |
| Area | |
| • Total | 102.41 km2 (39.54 sq mi) |
| • Land | 101.96 km2 (39.37 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.45 km2 (0.17 sq mi) |
| Population (2014-11-30)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,959 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfc |
| Website | www.tarvasjoki.fi |
Tarvasjoki (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈtɑrʋɑsˌjoki]) is a former municipality in the region of Southwest Finland, in Finland. It was merged with the municipality of Lieto on 1 January 2015.
The municipality had a population of 1,959 (30 November 2014)[2] and it covered an area of 102.41 square kilometres (39.54 sq mi) of which 0.45 square kilometres (0.17 sq mi) was water.[1] The population density was 19.21 inhabitants per square kilometre (49.8/sq mi).
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
Name[edit]
The name part joki means "river". The Tarvas part of the name originally referred to wild animals that were hunted, for example aurochs (wild cattle) and roe deer.[3]
Villages[edit]
Eura, Horrinen, Hungerla, Jauhola, Juva, Kallela, Karhula, Killala, Kirkonkylä, Kättylä, Liedonperä, Mäentaka, Satopää, Seppälä, Suitsula, Suurila, Takamaa, Tiensuu, Tuomarla, Tuorila, Tyllilä, Yrjönkylä.
Famous people from Tarvasjoki[edit]
- Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, (1757 in Juva, Tarvasjoki – 1814) a Finnish-Swedish-Russian courtier and diplomat.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ a b "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.11.2014" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ "Tarvasjoki - Turvallinen kotikunta". Archived from the original on 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
- ^ Bain, Robert Nisbet (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). p. 575.
External links[edit]
Media related to Tarvasjoki at Wikimedia Commons- Official website (in Finnish)
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