Mouhijärvi is a former municipality of

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, located in the southwestern part of the country. It was an agricultural village since the 18th century. On 1 January in 2009 Mouhijärvi was consolidated with the municipalities of

Vammala Vammala is a former town and municipality of southwestern Finland, chartered in 1907. On 1 January 2009, Vammala was consolidated with the municipalities of Mouhijärvi and Äetsä, to form a new city named Sastamala. Geography Vammala was locate ...

and

Äetsä Äetsä is a former municipality of southwestern Finland. The municipality was founded on 1981 when municipalities of Keikyä and Kiikka were consolidated to a single municipality. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with the municipalities ...

, to form a new

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named

Sastamala Sastamala () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Pirkanmaa region. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water, making it the largest municipality in the Pirkanmaa region in terms of area. The ...

Geography

Mouhijärvi was located in the southwest

Pirkanmaa Pirkanmaa (; sv, Birkaland; la, Birkaria, link=no), also known as ''Tampere Region'' in government documents, is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, South Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Päijät-Häme, Kanta-Häme and Sou ...

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, and was part of the former

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s of

Turku and Pori Province Turku and Pori Province (, , ) was a province of independent Finland from 1917 to 1997. The province was however founded as a county in 1634 when today's Finland was an integrated part of Sweden. It is named after the cities of Turku () and Por ...

(1917 to 1997) and

Western Finland Province Western Finland ( fi, Länsi-Suomen lääni, sv, Västra Finlands län) was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Oulu, Eastern Finland and Southern Finland. It also bordered the Gulf of Bothnia towards Åland. Tam ...

(1997 to 2010). The location is between the shores of Mätikkö and Siilijärvi lakes and covered an area of , of which was water.bikemap.net: Mouhijärvi
. accessed 10.10.2011.

Demographics

The municipality had a population of 2,961 (2003).Tripsay.com: Destination/Mouhijärvi
accessed 10.10.2011. The

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was 11.0 inhabitants per . The municipality was unilingually

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. ;History Mouhijärvi was notable for being the first municipality in Finland to have an all-female city council — in 1988.

People born in Mouhijärvi

* Emil Viljanen (1874 – 1954) *

Markku Aro Markku Aro (; born Markku Tuomas Puputti on 3 February 1950 in Mouhijärvi, Finland), is a Finnish singer who represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971 in Ireland with the pop-duo . They appeared with the song " Tie uuteen päivä� ...

(1950 – )

References

External links

Map of Mouhijärvi areaPanoramio: Mouhijärvi environs image galleryHistoric Mouhijärvi parish info
Sastamala Former municipalities of Finland Populated places disestablished in 2009 2009 disestablishments in Finland {{WesternFinland-geo-stub