Alastaro () is a former municipality of

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

. It was merged into the town of

Loimaa Loimaa (; historical ) is a cities of Finland, town and municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is located in the provinces of Finland, province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland regions of Finland, region. Th ...

on 1 January 2009. Alastaro is located in the

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Southern Finland Southern Finland (, ) was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Western Finland and Eastern Finland. It also bordered the Gulf of Finland and Russia. History On September 1, 1997 the Uusimaa Province, the Ky ...

and is part of the

Southwest Finland Southwest Finland (, ; ) is a Regions of Finland, region ('','' ) of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, Pirkanmaa, Tavastia Proper, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Uusimaa, and Åland. The regional capital and most populous city is Tu ...

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. The municipality had a population of 2,910 (31 December 2008) and covered an area of of which 1.32 km² is water. The

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was 11.33 inhabitants per km². The municipality was unilingually Finnish. The

Alastaro Circuit The Alastaro Circuit is a racing circuit situated in Virttaa village in Loimaa, Finland. The track is long. There are also "jokamiesluokka" (folkrace) and drag racing tracks in the same area. In 2023, the track length is extended from . The ci ...

opened in 1990.

Notable people

* Aimo Koivunen (1917–1989), Finnish soldier

References

External links

Alastaro-Seura ry
Former municipalities of Finland Loimaa Populated places disestablished in 2009 2009 disestablishments in Finland {{WesternFinland-geo-stub