Tarvasjoki () is a List of former municipalities of Finland, 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 (30 November 2014) and it covered an area of of which was water. The population density was . The municipality was unilingually Finnish language, 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 (wild cattle) 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

*Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, (1757 in Juva, Tarvasjoki – 1814) a Finnish-Swedish-Russian courtier and diplomat.

References

External links

* * Lieto, *Tarvasjoki Populated places established in 1869 Former municipalities of Finland 1869 establishments in the Russian Empire {{WesternFinland-geo-stub