Vampula is a former municipality of

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. It was consolidated with

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on 1 January 2009. It is located in the

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and is part of the

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. The municipality had a population of 1,677 (31 December 2008) and covered a land area of . The

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was . The municipality was unilingually

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History

A few discoveries of objects from the Stone Age have been made in the Vampula area. Farming started along Loimijoki already in the Iron Age, and by the 13th century at the latest, almost all of Vampula's spirit book villages were born. The first inhabitants arrived in the Vampula area probably from Huittinen, but the oldest church connections point to Säkylä. In 1590, four householders built a small log church at their own expense. This first sanctuary is used as a motif for the municipality's coat of arms, which depicts a cross and four nails as a metaphor for the builders. Vampula got its own municipal administration in 1867. The first public school opened in Sallila village in 1878, and was followed by schools in Soinila (1897), Kukonharjan-Murro (1910) and Huhtaa (1915). The

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made a decision to establish Vampula congregation in 1891, but independence from Huittinen was only realized in 1900.

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Populated places disestablished in 2009 2009 disestablishments in Finland Former municipalities of Finland Huittinen {{WesternFinland-geo-stub