Honkilahti ( sv, Honkilahti, also ) is a village and a former municipality in

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, part of

Eura Eura is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipal ...

since 1970.

History

The commune of Honkilahti was founded in 1904 when it was separated from Eura. Honkilaht was merged back with Eura in 1970. Honkilahti has a wooden church which "Tuomas Samuelinpoika Rahvenius" designed in 1759. It lies on the northern side of Koskeljärvi. Before Honkilahti were discontinued, it had many kilometers the coastline from

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. The population of Honkilahti was at its peak in 1957 when there were 1887 inhabitants. The neighbouring municipalities of Honkilahti were

Hinnerjoki Hinnerjoki is a village and a former municipality in the Satakunta province, Finland. It was consolidated with Eura in 1970. The village of Hinnerjoki is listed as a Cultural environment of national significance by the Finnish National Board of An ...

, Laitila,

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and

Säkylä Säkylä is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Satakunta region, southeast of the city of Pori. The municipality has a population of () and the municipality covers an area of of which is inland water (). The population density is ...

. The arms of Honkilahti were designed by

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and it was registered in 1951.

People born in Honkilahti

Pentti Eskola Pentti Elias Eskola (8 January 1883 – 6 December 1964) was a Finnish geologist who specialised in the petrology of granites and developed the concept of metamorphic facies. He won the Wollaston Medal in 1958, the Vetlesen Prize in 1964, a ...

(1883–1964), geologist * Walter Kuusela (1903–1985), politician * Vihtori Viitanen (1863–1918), politician

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{{authority control Municipalities of Satakunta Former municipalities of Finland 1904 establishments in Finland