Honkajoki

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Template:Expand Finnish Template:Infobox settlement Honkajoki (Template:IPA; Hongonjoki until 1952)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged with the town of Kankaanpää on 1 January 2021.

It was located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Satakunta region. The population of Honkajoki was 1,595 (31 December 2020)<ref name="demography"/> and the municipality covered an area of Template:Convert of which Template:Convert was inland water (1 January 2018).<ref name="total_area">Template:Cite web</ref> The population density was Template:Convert. The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

The wooden tankard called haarikka in the coat of arms of Honkajoki represent local handicrafts, while the star comes from the coat of arms of Satakunta region. The coat of arms was designed by Ahti Hammar and was confirmed in 1952.<ref>Mitä-Missä-Milloin 1980, s. 158. Otava 1979, Helsinki.</ref>

In the 1980s, clot soup and lamb stew potatoes were named Honkajoki's traditional local dishes.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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