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.
Tarvasjoki | |
|---|---|
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 |
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
editThe 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
editEura, 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
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Media related to Tarvasjoki at Wikimedia Commons- Official website (in Finnish)
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