Honkilahti
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Honkilahti is a village and discontinued commune in the area of Eura`s
Eura
Eura is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

 commune.

History

The commune of Honkilahti borned in 1904 when It resigned from Eura. Honkilahti`s commune were attached back to Eura in 1970. Honkilahti has a wooden church which "Tuomas Samuelinpoika Rahvenius" has been designed in 1759. It has been destinated to the northern side of Koskeljärvi. Before Honkilahti were discontinued, It had many kilometers the coastline from Pyhäjärvi
Pyhäjärvi (Satakunta)
Pyhäjärvi is a lake in Finland. It is the largest lake in the southwestern Finland and is notable for having relatively few islands. Although the lake is eutrophicated, it is considered a good fishing lake....

. The population of Honkilahti was the highest in 1957 when there was living 1887 peoples.

The neighbourcommunes of Honkilahti were Eura
Eura
Eura is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

, Hinnerjoki, Laitila
Laitila
Laitila is a town and a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is...

, Karjala
Karjala
Karjala is a Finnish lager type beer that is manufactured by the Hartwall brewery. Karjala beer was manufactured by the cooperative shop Osuusliike Itä-Karjala owned Sortavalan panimo Oy brewery from 1932 until 1944. Production was resumed in 1948....

, Mynämäki
Mynämäki
Mynämäki is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is....

, Yläne
Yläne
Yläne is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated to Pöytyä 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 2,119 and covered an area of 364.76 km² of which 21.99 km² is water...

 and Säkylä
Säkylä
Säkylä is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of and the municipality covers an area of of which is inland water...

.

The arms of Honkilahti were designed by Gustaf von Numers
Gustaf von Numers
Gustaf von Numers was a Swedish-speaking Finnish civil servant and leading heraldic artist.-Life:Von Numers studied heraldry in the 1930s under Arvid Berghman and was considered one of the leading Finnish experts in the area. He was a tireless writer on all heraldic matters...

 and It refreshed in 1951.
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