Suoniemi () is a former municipality of

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

in the former

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 ...

, nowadays in the

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 ...

region. It was consolidated with

Nokia Nokia Corporation (natively Nokia Oyj, referred to as Nokia) is a Finnish multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications industry, telecommunications, technology company, information technology, and consumer electronics corporatio ...

in 1973, which was located in the

Häme Province The Province of Häme ( fi, Hämeen lääni, sv, Tavastehus län) was a province of Finland from 1831 to 1997. In 1997 the southern parts with Kanta-Häme, Päijät-Häme was merged with the province of Uusimaa and Kymi into the new Province ...

at the time. Its seat was in the western side of

Siuro Siuro () is a village in the western part of the Nokia town in Pirkanmaa, Finland. In 2015, the population of the village was measured to be 2,526 inhabitants. Siuro is a fairly large area, which includes the western part of the nearby Siuronkosk ...

, the eastern side of which was already located within Nokia. The church was located in the village of Suoniemi. File-Suoniemi church in winter 2

Geography

Neighboring municipalities

The municipality of Suoniemi bordered Nokia,

Tottijärvi Tottijärvi is a village and a former municipality in Nokia, Finland. It is located by the lake Pyhäjärvi, about 30 kilometres southwest of the city of Tampere. The population of Tottijärvi is 717 (2008). History The history of Tottijärvi da ...

Karkku Karkku is a locality and former municipality in Pirkanmaa region, Finland. It was consolidated in 1973 with Vammala, which in turn, was consolidated with Äetsä and Mouhijärvi into a town of Sastamala in 2009. Karkku is located by the lake Rau ...

Mouhijärvi Mouhijärvi is a former municipality of Finland, 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 and Ä ...

and

Hämeenkyrö Hämeenkyrö (; sv, Tavastkyro) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region, and is located from Tampere. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The ne ...

Villages

* Kauniainen * Kulju * Mauri * Pakkala * Ruolahti * Sarkola * Suoniemi (location of the church) * Tyrisevä (transferred to Karkku in 1972) * Urmia * Vahalahti

Lakes

The lake

Kulovesi Kulovesi is a medium-sized lake in Finland. It is situated in the area of the towns Nokia and Sastamala in the Pirkanmaa region. The lake is part of the Kokemäenjoki basin. The lake Pyhäjärvi drains through the Nokianvirta River into the Lake ...

was mostly located within the municipality. It separated the municipality into two sides.

History

The village of Kulju was mentioned already in 1478, while Tyrisevä was first mentioned in 1562. Suoniemi itself was first mentioned in 1677. The area's original center was the village of Suoniemi itself, the name of which literally means "swamp cape/peninsula", despite the lack of swamps around the village. The area was originally part of the

parish, gaining chapel rights under it in 1693. The chapel community was to be disestablished in 1863, which never came into effect and the order was repealed in 1893. Suoniemi became a separate parish in 1908. The Kulju manor has existed since the 17th century, however the modern building was mainly built in the 18th century. Siuro was originally a tenure farm of the Kulju manor, first mentioned in 1683. The Reposaari sawmill was built next to the Siuronkoski rapids in 1895. The sawmill was acquired by the Anton Elving, the owner of the Kulju manor in 1908. The modern built-up area of

eventually grew into an industrial area between the two municipalities of Suoniemi and Nokia. Suoniemi was merged into Nokia in 1973.

References

{{Pirkanmaa Nokia, Finland Former municipalities of Finland