Tarvasjoki


Tarvasjoki is a former municipality in the region of Southwest Finland, in Finland. It was merged with the municipality of Lieto on 1 January 2015.
The municipality had a population of 1,959 and it covered an area of of
which was water. The population density was.
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 and roe deer.

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