Suomusjärvi

Suomusjärvi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsuomusˌjærʋi]) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Salo on January 1, 2009.

Suomusjärvi
Suomusjärven kunta
Suomusjärvi kommun
Suomusjärvi Church
Coat of arms
CountryFinland
ProvinceWestern Finland
RegionSouthwest Finland
Sub-regionSalo
Merged with SaloJanuary 1, 2009
SeatKitula
Government
  City managerVesa Ketola
Area
  Total176.53 km2 (68.16 sq mi)
  Land160.15 km2 (61.83 sq mi)
  Water16.38 km2 (6.32 sq mi)
Area rank349th
Population
 (2003)
  Total1,311
  Rank397th
  Density7.4/km2 (19/sq mi)
 1.0 % change
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Official languagesFinnish
Urbanisation42.8%
Unemployment rate10.8%
Websitehttp://www.suomusjarvi.fi/

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 1,321 (December 31, 2004) and covered an area of 176.53 km² of which 16.38 km² is water. The population density was 8.25 inhabitants per km². Its administrative center is Kitula.

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

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