Tarvasjoki
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Tarvasjoki ({{IPA|fi|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 {{convert|102.41|km2}} of
which {{convert|0.45|km2}} was water. The population density was {{convert|19.21|PD/km2}}.
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.tarvasjoki.fi/pages/Tarvasjoki/Yleista/Historian%20havinaa |title=Tarvasjoki - Turvallinen kotikunta |accessdate=2010-06-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518024430/http://www.tarvasjoki.fi/pages/Tarvasjoki/Yleista/Historian%20havinaa |archivedate=2011-05-18 }}
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.{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Armfelt, Gustaf Mauritz |volume= 2 |last= Bain |first= Robert Nisbet |author-link= Robert Nisbet Bain| page = 575 |short=1 }}
References
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External links
- {{commons category-inline|Tarvasjoki}}
- {{Official website|http://www.tarvasjoki.fi/}} {{in lang|fi}}
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Category:Populated places established in 1869
Category:Former municipalities of Finland
Category:1869 establishments in the Russian Empire
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