Mellilä () 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 Bo ...

. It was merged to 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

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Western Finland Western Finland ( fi, Länsi-Suomen lääni, sv, Västra Finlands län) 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 Åland. T ...

and is part of the

Southwest Finland Southwest Finland, calqued as Finland Proper ( fi, Varsinais-Suomi ; sv, Egentliga Finland), is a Regions of Finland, region in the southwest of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, Pirkanmaa, Tavastia Proper, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-H ...

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. The municipality had a population of 1,254 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 110.62 km² of which 0.10 km² is water. The

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was 11.35 inhabitants per km². The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Gallery

File:Mellilä Church 7.JPG, Mellilä's church File:Eksyssuo2.JPG, Eksyssuo File:Niinijokea Mellilässä.JPG, Niinijoki

External links

Mellilän kyläyhdistys ry
Former municipalities of Finland Loimaa Populated places disestablished in 2009 2009 disestablishments in Finland {{WesternFinland-geo-stub