Tarvasjoki
| Tarvasjoki | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Tarvasjoen kunta | ||
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| Coordinates: 60°35′N 022°44′E / 60.583°N 22.733°ECoordinates: 60°35′N 022°44′E / 60.583°N 22.733°E | ||
| Country | Finland | |
| Region | Finland Proper | |
| Sub-region | Loimaa sub-region | |
| Charter | 1869 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Oili Paavola | |
| Area(2011-01-01)[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) | |
| Area rank | 329th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2014-01-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 1,950 | |
| • Rank | 293rd largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 19.13/km2 (49.5/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 98.8% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.4% | |
| • Others | 0.8% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 20.8% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 61.3% | |
| • 65 or older | 17.9% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 21% | |
| Website | www.tarvasjoki.fi | |
Tarvasjoki (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈtɑrʋɑsˌjoki]) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of 1,950 (31 January 2014)[2] and covers an area of 102.41 square kilometres (39.54 sq mi) of which 0.45 km2 (0.17 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 19.13 inhabitants per square kilometre (49.5 /sq mi).
The municipality is 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.[6]
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, Born in Juva, Tarvasjoki
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2014" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ http://www.tarvasjoki.fi/pages/Tarvasjoki/Yleista/Historian%20havinaa
External links
Media related to Tarvasjoki at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Tarvasjoki – Official website (Finnish)
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