Tarvasjoki
Tarvasjoki [ tɑrvɑsjɔki ] is a village and a former municipality in Southwest Finland in the landscape Finland Proper around 30 kilometers from the cities of Turku and Salo Station. The monolingual Finnish - speaking municipality of Tarvasjoki was incorporated into Lieto on January 1, 2015 . On September 30, 2014 it had 1975 inhabitants on an area of 102.42 km² (of which 0.45 km² inland waters).
The first written mention of Tarvasjoki comes from the year 1316. In the Middle Ages, Tarvasjoki was located on the " Ox Trail ", the historical trade route between Turku and Häme . Today the state road 10 to Hämeenlinna runs through the former municipality, the Ochsenweg has been developed as a tourist route.
At the confluence of the eponymous river Tarvasjoki with the Paimionjoki is the church village of Tarvasjoki, which was formerly known as Eura. The wooden cruciform church from 1779 is located here. Another attraction of the community is the Juva manor, which dates back to 1530. 1639–80 it belonged to the Governor General Per Brahe , in 1757 Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt was born there. Today the manor serves as a museum.
In addition to the community center, the Tarvasjoki community included the villages of Horrinen, Hungerla, Jauhola, Juva, Kallela, Karhula, Killala, Kirkonkylä, Kättylä, Liedonperä, Mäentaka, Satopää, Seppälila, Suitsula, Suurila, Takamaa, Tiensuilä, Tuomarla, Tiensuilä, Tuomarä .
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Coordinates: 60 ° 35 ' N , 22 ° 44' E