Kuusjoki () is a former municipality of

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. It 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 ...

on January 1, 2009. It is located in the

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and is part of the

Southwest Finland Southwest Finland, calqued as Finland Proper ( fi, Varsinais-Suomi ; sv, Egentliga Finland), is a region in the southwest of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, Pirkanmaa, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Uusimaa, and Åland. The reg ...

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. The municipality had a population of 1,781 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 122.57 km² of which 0.11 km² is water. The

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was 14.54 inhabitants per km². The municipality was unilingually

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External links

*http://www.kuusjoki.fi/ – Official website Former municipalities of Finland Salo, Finland Populated places disestablished in 2009 2009 disestablishments in Finland {{WesternFinland-geo-stub