Kitula (; literally translated the "place of linger") is a village in
Suomusjärvi
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,
Salo Salo or Salò may refer to:
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*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
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, in
Southwest Finland
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, along
regional road 110 (Old Turku Road). It is the
administrative center
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of the former municipality of Suomusjärvi, where local services such as a
grocery store
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, a
hardware store
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, a
library
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, a
primary school
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, a
sports field
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For mo ...
and a refrigeration station for fuel distribution are located. Most of the services are between Urheilutie and Helsingintie (regional road 110).
Kitula is the most significant village in Suomusjärvi in terms of population, but over time it has experienced a reduction in services after the completion of the
Turku motorway and the transfer of the largest amount of traffic there, thus bypassing Kitula. In 2018, more than 600 inhabitants lived in Kitula.
It is from Kitula along the regional road to
Helsinki
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and to
Turku
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. Suomusjärvi Church is less than ten kilometers from Kitula and from the nearest city center, Salo. The
E18 motorway runs north of Suomusjärvi. Over ten kilometers along the regional road in the direction of Helsinki is Lake Lahnajärvi.
Lake Lahnajärvi in Järviwiki
(in Finnish)
See also
* Saukkola
Saukkola () is an urban area and Districts of Lohja, district in the city of Lohja and the former administrative center, administrative centre of the Nummi-Pusula municipality. Old Turku Road between Turku and Helsinki (Finnish regional road 110, ...
References
External links
Kotiseutumme
– Suomusjärvi-Seura (in Finnish)
Kitulan Kulttuuripysäkki
(in Finnish)
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Salo, Finland
Villages in Southwest Finland