Somerniemi
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Somerniemi is a former municipality of Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. It was incorporated to Somero
Somero
Somero is a municipality of Finland, located in the province of Western Finland and part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Somero is unilingually Finnish....

 in 1977. The wood church of Somerniemi is from year 1813 (A. V. Arppe).

Author Kaari Utrio
Kaari Utrio
Kaari Marjatta Utrio is a Finnish writer. She has written tens of historical novels and many non-fiction books on historical topics...

 lives in Somerniemi. There worked also writer Helvi Hämäläinen
Helvi Hämäläinen
Helvi Hämäläinen was a Finnish author who published dozens of books of prose and poetry during her six decade writing career....

, that's memory festivities was celebrated in year 2003.

In year 1975 established Somerniemi-society is an active native place society. It organizes the native place celebrations and summer market square occasions and practises publication operations.

Villages

Härjänlahti, Härjänoja, Jakkula, Kaskisto, Keltiäinen, Kopila, Mäyrämäki, Oinasjärvi, Palikainen, Salkola, Suojoki, Vesanoja, Viuvala
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