Angelniemi is a former municipality of

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. It became part of

Halikko Halikko () is a former municipality of Finland that existed until December 31, 2008. On January 1, 2009, the municipality was merged with the larger neighboring Salo. Before the merge Halikko had become a rapidly urbanizing rural area. It was l ...

in 1967. It was located on partly on the continent by the Halikonlahti Bay and partly on Kimito Island and is still nowadays the only part of the island where

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is the primary language. Today the population of the area is 398, but it rises during the summer because of the summer cottages. Kokkila lossilta

The center of the municipality was Kokkila, which lies on the continent. There is a

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which connects Kokkila to the Kimito Island. Other isles of Angelniemi are Angelansaari, Kokkilansaari, Pikkusaari and Karhusaari. Angelniemi congregation was established 1657 as a chapel of Halikko. Angelniemi became independent 1916 and it reached its high in 1957 at 1,217 people. In 1967 Angelniemi was merged back to Halikko.

Villages

Ahtmaa, Angela, Asila, Esselpää, Isokylä, Kanamäki, Karviainen, Kokkila, Myllyperä, Paatelmaa, Peksala, Päärnäspää, Pöylä, Sapalahti, Tammenpää, Toppjoki, Torkkila, Tuiskula, Valttila

History

Angelniemi was originally a farm named ''Angela'' within the village of Päärnäspää. The name ''Angela'' is derived from the dialectal word ''angelma'' meaning "''

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'' sp." (standard Finnish ''angervo''). A village by that name has existed at least since 1540, when it was mentioned as ''Anghela'' and a part of the

parish. Angelniemi became a chapel community in 1659 and was called ''Korpi''. The name ''Angelniemi'' for the parish appears in 1692, but it was also called ''Päärnäspää'' since the church was located in the village of Päärnäspää. The name ''Angelniemi'' became the dominant name because its first chaplain, Petrus Gregorii, started using ''Angelnius'' as his surname. The names ''Korpi'' and ''Päärnäspää'' were still occasionally used for the parish until the late 18th century. The names ''Korvinen'', ''Andelma'' and ''Angela'' were also occasionally used for the parish. The Angelniemi church was built in 1772-1774 by Matti Åkerblom. Today, the church and the peninsula it is on are classified as a ''built-up cultural environment of national significance''. Angelniemi became a separate municipality and parish in 1916. Angelniemi became a part of Halikko again in 1967. Halikko was consolidated with

Salo Salo or Salò may refer to: Places Finland *Salo, Finland, a town in Western Finland ** Salo sub-region, a subdivision of Finland Proper and one of the Sub-regions of Finland since 2009 *An old name of Saloinen, a former municipality in Ostrobot ...

in 2009.

References

Salo, Finland Former municipalities of Finland 1916 establishments in Finland {{WesternFinland-geo-stub