Loimaa is a town and
municipality||-|The municipalities represent the local level of administration in Finland and act as the fundamental, self-governing administrative units of the country. The entire country is incorporated into municipalities and legally, all municipalities are equal, although certain municipalities are called...
of
FinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland
, is a Nordic country and democracy situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland...
.
It is located in the
provinceThe state of Finland consists of 6 provinces . The provincial authority is part of the central government's executive branch, not directly elected. The system was created in 1634, and its makeup was changed drastically in 1997, when the number of the provinces was reduced from 12 to 6...
of
Western FinlandThe Province of Western Finland is a province of Finland. It borders the provinces of Oulu, Eastern Finland and Southern Finland. It also borders the Gulf of Bothnia towards Åland.- Former provinces :...
and is part of the Finland Proper
regionFinland is divided into 20 regions . The regions are governed by regional councils, which serve as forums of cooperation for the municipalities of a region. The main tasks of the regions are regional planning and development of enterprise and education. In addition, the public health services are...
. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The
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is .
The town of Loimaa merged with
Loimaan kuntaLoimaan kunta is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged to the town of Loimaa in the beginning of 2005....
(literally "Municipality of Loimaa") on January 1, 2005 and with
AlastaroAlastaro is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged to town of Loimaa on 1 January 2009.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 3,024 and covered an area of 259.94 km² of which 0.98 km² is...
and
MelliläMellilä is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged to the town of Loimaa on 1 January 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 1,254 and covered an area of 110.62 km² of which 0.10 km² is...
on January 1, 2009.
Subdivisions and Wards
Alastaron-Mäenpää, Eura, Haara, Haaroinen, Haitula, Hartoinen, Hattula, Hirvikoski, Hurskala, Ilmarinen, Inkilä, Joenperä, Juva, Karhula, Karsattila, Kauhanoja, Kemppilä, Kesärlä, Klockarla, Koenperä, Krekilä, Kuninkainen, Kurittula, Kuttila, Köyliö, Lappijoki, Levälä, Lähde, Metsämaa, Mäenpää, Niemi, Onkijoki, Pahikainen, Pappinen, Peltoinen, Piltola, Puujalkala, Raikkola, Seppälä, Sieppala, Torkkala, Vesikoski, Vilvainen
Sights
- Alpo Jaakola`s statuepark
- Heikintalo´s bison farm
- Kanta-Loimaan kirkko
- Kotiseutumuseo
- Mill of Krekilä
- Sarka, agriculturemuseum of Finland
- Mill of Vesikoski
External links