Suomusjärvi
Suomusjärvi | |
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Suomusjärven kunta Suomusjärvi kommun | |
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Country | Finland |
Province | Western Finland |
Region | Southwest Finland |
Sub-region | Salo |
Merged withSalo | January 1, 2009 |
Seat | Kitula |
Government | |
•City manager | Vesa Ketola |
Area | |
• Total | 176.53 km2(68.16 sq mi) |
• Land | 160.15 km2(61.83 sq mi) |
• Water | 16.38 km2(6.32 sq mi) |
• Rank | 349th |
Population (2003) | |
• Total | 1,311 |
• Rank | 397th |
• Density | 7.4/km2(19/sq mi) |
−1.0 % change | |
Time zone | UTC+2(EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3(EEST) |
Officiallanguages | Finnish |
Urbanisation | 42.8% |
Unemploymentrate | 10.8% |
Website | http://www.suomusjarvi.fi/ |
Suomusjärvi(Finnish pronunciation:[ˈsuo̯musˌjærʋi]) is aformer municipalityofFinland.It was consolidated withSaloon January 1, 2009.
It is located in theprovinceofWestern Finlandand is part of theSouthwest Finlandregion.The municipality had a population of 1,321 (December 31, 2004) and covered an area of 176.53 km2of which 16.38 km2is water. Thepopulation densitywas 8.25 inhabitants per km2.Its administrative center isKitula.
The municipality was unilinguallyFinnish.
History
[edit]Suomusjärvi was first mentioned in 1540, when it was a part of the parish ofKisko.It got its own chapel community in 1678. The chapel community was also known asLaidikeas the church of the community was located in the village ofLaidike.A new church was built in the village of Suomusjärvi in 1703, but the parish was still called Laidike in 1722. Suomusjärvi became an independent parish in 1898.[1]
Suomusjärvi was consolidated with Salo in 2009.
References
[edit]- ^"SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf"(PDF).kaino.kotus.fi(in Finnish). p. 430.RetrievedAugust 18,2022.
External links
[edit]Media related toSuomusjärviat Wikimedia Commons
- http://www.suomusjarvi.fi/– Official website(in Finnish)
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