Tarvasjoki

Tarvasjoki
Former municipality
Tarvasjoen kunta

Tarvasjoki Church

Coat of arms

Location of Tarvasjoki in Finland
Coordinates: 60°35′N 022°44′E / 60.583°N 22.733°E / 60.583; 22.733Coordinates: 60°35′N 022°44′E / 60.583°N 22.733°E / 60.583; 22.733
Country Finland
Region Southwest Finland
Sub-region Loimaa sub-region
Charter 1869
Merged 2015
Government
 • Municipal manager Oili Paavola
Area[1]
 • 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
 • Density 19.21/km2 (49.8/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
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

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

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.11.2014" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.tarvasjoki.fi/pages/Tarvasjoki/Yleista/Historian%20havinaa


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