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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]]<ref>http://www.tarvasjoki.fi/pages/Tarvasjoki/Yleista/Historian%20havinaa</ref> |
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]].<ref>http://www.tarvasjoki.fi/pages/Tarvasjoki/Yleista/Historian%20havinaa</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:29, 4 April 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 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, 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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