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Merikarvia ((スウェーデン語:Sastmola)) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Satakunta region. The neighboring municipalities are Isojoki, Kristiinankaupunki, Pomarkku, Pori and Siikainen. The municipality has a population of ()〔 and it covers an area of , of which is water.〔 The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The coastline was formerly swedishspeaking. Merikarvia is known by the Oura Archipelago, which is part of the Bothnian Sea National Park. ==History== The area has been inhabited since as early as 1800 BC. There are grave sites from the Bronze and Iron Ages within the municipality. Most of the cairns are located in Tuorila village located east of the municipal center. The birth of the earliest villages in Merikarvia - Kasala, Riispyy, Ala- and Yli-Kylä, and Köörtilä - is dated to between the 13th and 14th centuries. As a separate municipality, Merikarvia has existed since 1865. The first church in Merikarvia was built in 1776 and was named after the queen consort of Sweden at the time, Sofia Magdalena. The church, still in use today, was finished in 1899. As a coastal municipality, Merikarvia largely lived from the sea until modern times. Fishing, sawmills and shipyards were common businesses until the end of the 19th century. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Merikarvia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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