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Mouhijärvi is a former municipality of
Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
, 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 locat ...
and
Äetsä Äetsä is a List of former municipalities of Finland, 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, i ...
, to form a new
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named
Sastamala Sastamala () is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. Sastamala lies on both sides of River Kokemäenjoki in the southwest corner of Pirkanmaa. The population of Sastamala is approximately , while the South Western Pirkanmaa, sub-reg ...
.


Geography

Mouhijärvi was located in the southwest
Pirkanmaa Pirkanmaa (; ; ), 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 Southwest Finland. Most of the wate ...
region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...
, and was part of the former
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s of
Turku and Pori Province Turku and Pori Province (, , ) was a Provinces of Finland, 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 citie ...
(1917 to 1997) and
Western Finland Province Western Finland (, ) 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 Ã…land. Tampere was the largest city of the province. Histor ...
(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
population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...
was 11.0 inhabitants per . The municipality was unilingually Finnish. ;History Mouhijärvi was notable for being the first municipality in Finland to have an all-female city council — in 1988.


People born in Mouhijärvi

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Emil Viljanen Emil Viljanen (10 August 1874 - 20 January 1954) was a Finland, Finnish civil servant and politician, born in Mouhijärvi. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1913 to 1916 and again from 1919 to 1922, representing the Social Democrat ...
(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 Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is a ...
(1950 – )


See also

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South Western Pirkanmaa South Western Pirkanmaa is a subdivision of the Pirkanmaa region. It has been one of the Sub-regions of Finland since 2009. Municipalities Politics Results of the 2018 Finnish presidential election: * Sauli Niinistö 64.6% * Laura Huht ...


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