Tarvasjoki
Template:Infobox settlement Tarvasjoki (Template:IPA) is a former municipality in the region of Southwest Finland, in Finland. It was merged with the municipality of Lieto on 1 January 2015.
The municipality had a population of 1,959 (30 November 2014)<ref name="population_count" /> and it covered an area of Template:Convert of which Template:Convert was water.<ref name="total_area" /> The population density was Template:Convert.
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
Name
The name part joki means "river". The Tarvas part of the name originally referred to wild animals that were hunted, for example aurochs (wild cattle) and roe deer.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Villages
Eura, Horrinen, Hungerla, Jauhola, Juva, Kallela, Karhula, Killala, Kirkonkylä, Kättylä, Liedonperä, Mäentaka, Satopää, Seppälä, Suitsula, Suurila, Takamaa, Tiensuu, Tuomarla, Tuorila, Tyllilä, Yrjönkylä.
Famous people from Tarvasjoki
- Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, (1757 in Juva, Tarvasjoki – 1814) a Finnish-Swedish-Russian courtier and diplomat.<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref>