- Source: Tarvasjoki
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) 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. 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.
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
Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, (1757 in Juva, Tarvasjoki – 1814) a Finnish-Swedish-Russian courtier and diplomat.
References
External links
Media related to Tarvasjoki at Wikimedia Commons
Official website (in Finnish)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Toivo Mikael Kivimäki
- Tarvasjoki
- Western Finland Province
- Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt
- Water tender
- Regions of Western Finland
- Municipalities of Southwest Finland
- Toivo Mikael Kivimäki
- Aura, Finland
- Turku and Pori Province
- List of members of the Swedish Academy