Suodenniemi is a former municipality of southwestern

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, ...

. Suodenniemi was first consolidated into

Vammala Vammala is a former town and municipality of southwestern Finland, chartered in 1907. On 1 January 2009, Vammala was consolidated with the municipalities of Mouhijärvi and Äetsä, to form a new city named Sastamala. Geography Vammala was locat ...

in 2007. On 1 January 2009, Vammala itself was consolidated with

Äetsä Äetsä is a List of former municipalities of Finland, former municipality of southwestern Finland. The municipality was founded on 1981 when municipalities of Keikyä and Kiikka were consolidated to a single municipality. On 1 January 2009, i ...

and

Mouhijärvi Mouhijärvi is a List of former municipalities of Finland, former municipality of Finland, located in the southwestern part of the country. It was an agricultural village since the 18th century. On 1 January in 2009 Mouhijärvi was consolidated ...

to form the new named

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

Sastamala Sastamala () is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. Sastamala lies on both sides of River Kokemäenjoki in the southwest corner of Pirkanmaa. The population of Sastamala is approximately , while the South Western Pirkanmaa, sub-reg ...

Geography

Suodenniemi was located in western

Pirkanmaa Pirkanmaa (; ; ), also known as ''Tampere Region'' in government documents, is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, South Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Päijät-Häme, Kanta-Häme and Southwest Finland. Most of the wate ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

, and was part of the former

province A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

s of

Turku and Pori Province Turku and Pori Province (, , ) was a Provinces of Finland, province of independent Finland from 1917 to 1997. The province was however founded as a county in 1634 when today's Finland was an integrated part of Sweden. It is named after the citie ...

(1917 to 1997) and

Western Finland Province Western Finland (, ) was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Oulu, Eastern Finland and Southern Finland. It also bordered the Gulf of Bothnia towards Åland. Tampere was the largest city of the province. Histor ...

(1997 to 2009).

Villages

Jalkavala, Kiikoistenmaa,

Kittilä Kittilä (, , ) is a municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland and a popular holiday resort. It is located in northern Finland north of the Arctic Circle within the Lapland (Finland), Lapland Regions of Finland, region. The municipality ...

, Koivuniemi, Kouraniemi, Lahdenperä, Leppälammi,

Makkonen Makkonen is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Jussi Makkonen (born 1985), Finnish ice hockey player * Kari Makkonen (born 1955), Finnish ice hockey player * Leo Makkonen (born 1948), Orthodox Archbishop of Finland * ...

, Pajuniemi, Peräkunta, Pohjakylä, Pyykoskenmaa, Suodenniemi (''Kirkonkylä''), Sävi and Taipale.

Demographics

The municipality had a population of 1,372 (2003) and covered an area of of which is water. The

population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...

was 6.6 inhabitants per . The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

External links

Historic Suodenniemi parish
Sastamala Former municipalities of Finland Populated places established in 1868 Populated places disestablished in 2007 {{WesternFinland-geo-stub