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It is located in the [[provinces of Finland|province]] of [[Western Finland]] and is part of the [[Finland Proper (region)|Finland Proper]] [[regions of Finland|region]]. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum: {{Infobox Finnish Municipality/population count|Tarvasjoki}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Infobox Finnish Municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }})<ref name="population_count" /> and covers an area of {{convert|{{Infobox Finnish Municipality/total area|Tarvasjoki}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Infobox Finnish Municipality/waters area|Tarvasjoki}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water.<ref name="total_area" /> The [[population density]] is {{convert|{{Infobox Finnish Municipality/population density|Tarvasjoki|round=2}}|PD/km2}}. |
It is located in the [[provinces of Finland|province]] of [[Western Finland]] and is part of the [[Finland Proper (region)|Finland Proper]] [[regions of Finland|region]]. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum: {{Infobox Finnish Municipality/population count|Tarvasjoki}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Infobox Finnish Municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }})<ref name="population_count" /> and covers an area of {{convert|{{Infobox Finnish Municipality/total area|Tarvasjoki}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Infobox Finnish Municipality/waters area|Tarvasjoki}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water.<ref name="total_area" /> The [[population density]] is {{convert|{{Infobox Finnish Municipality/population density|Tarvasjoki|round=2}}|PD/km2}}. |
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Revision as of 21:09, 8 January 2011
Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality 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 Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.)[1] and covers an area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] is water.[2] The population density is [convert: invalid number].
The municipality is unintentionally 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, Born in Juva, Tarvasjoki
References
External links
Media related to Tarvasjoki at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Tarvasjoki – Official website Template:Fi icon
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