Alastaro () 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 Bot ...
. It was merged into the town of
Loimaa
Loimaa (; historical sv, Loimijoki) is a town and municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is ...
on 1 January 2009.
It is located in the
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions out ...
of
Southern Finland
Southern Finland ( fi, Etelä-Suomen lääni, sv, Södra Finlands län) was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Western Finland and Eastern Finland. It also bordered the Gulf of Finland and Russia.
History
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and is part of the
Southwest Finland
Southwest Finland, calqued as Finland Proper ( fi, Varsinais-Suomi ; sv, Egentliga Finland), is a region in the southwest of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, Pirkanmaa, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Uusimaa, and Åland. The reg ...
region
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. The municipality had a population of 2,910 (31 December 2008) and covered an area of of which 1.32 km² is water. The
population density
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was 11.33 inhabitants per km².
The municipality was unilingually
Finnish
Finnish may refer to:
* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
.
The
Alastaro Circuit
The Alastaro Circuit is a racing circuit situated in Virttaa village in Loimaa, Finland. The track is long. There are also "jokamiesluokka" ( folkrace) and drag racing tracks in the same area.
The circuit is named after former municipality of ...
opened in 1990.
References
External links
Alastaro-Seura ry
Former municipalities of Finland
Loimaa
Populated places disestablished in 2009
2009 disestablishments in Finland
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