Kitula (; literally translated the "place of linger") is a village in

Suomusjärvi Suomusjärvi () is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Salo on January 1, 2009. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 1,321 (Dece ...

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, in

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, along regional road 110 (Old Turku Road). It is the

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of the former municipality of Suomusjärvi, where local services such as a

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, a

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, a

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, a

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, a

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and a refrigeration station for fuel distribution are located. Most of the services are between Urheilutie and Helsingintie (regional road 110). Kitula is the most significant village in Suomusjärvi in terms of population, but over time it has experienced a reduction in services after the completion of the Turku motorway and the transfer of the largest amount of traffic there, thus bypassing Kitula. In 2018, more than 600 inhabitants lived in Kitula. It is from Kitula along the regional road to

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and to

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

. Suomusjärvi Church is less than ten kilometers from Kitula and from the nearest city center, Salo. The E18 motorway runs north of Suomusjärvi. Over ten kilometers along the regional road in the direction of Helsinki is Lake Lahnajärvi.Lake Lahnajärvi in Järviwiki
(in Finnish)

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Kotiseutumme
– Suomusjärvi-Seura (in Finnish)
Kitulan Kulttuuripysäkki
(in Finnish) {{WesternFinland-geo-stub Salo, Finland Villages in Finland

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