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.

Tarvasjoki
Former municipality
Tarvasjoen kunta Tarvasjoki kommun
Tarvasjoki Church
Coat of arms
Location of Tarvasjoki in Finland
Coordinates: 60°35′N 022°44′E
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
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

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

• Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, (1757 in Juva, Tarvasjoki – 1814) a Finnish-Swedish-Russian courtier and diplomat.^[4]