Editing Vampula

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'''Vampula''' is a [[List of former municipalities of Finland|former municipality]] of [[Finland]]. It was consolidated with [[Huittinen]] on 1 January 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vampula - Etusivu |url=https://www.vampula.fi/ |website=vampula.fi |access-date=December 10, 2022}}</ref>

It is located in the [[provinces of Finland|province]] of [[Western Finland]] and is part of the [[Satakunta (region)|Satakunta]] [[regions of Finland|region]]. The municipality had a population of 1,677 (31 December 2008)<ref name="population_count" /> and covered a land area of {{convert|142.34|km2}}.<ref name="total_area" /> The [[population density]] was {{convert|11.78|PD/km2}}.

The municipality was unilingually [[Finnish language|Finnish]].

== History ==
A few discoveries of objects from the Stone Age have been made in the Vampula area. Farming started along Loimijoki already in the Iron Age, and by the 13th century at the latest, almost all of Vampula's major inhabited villages were recorded by the church authority. The first inhabitants arrived in the Vampula area probably from Huittinen, but the oldest church connections point to Säkylä.<ref name="suomenmaa" >{{cite book |author1=Hannu Tarmio |author2=Marketta Heinonen |author3=Kalevi Korpela |title=Suomenmaa 7: maantieteellis-yhteiskunnallinen tieto- ja hakuteos |date=1978 |publisher=WSOY |isbn=951-0-06467-X |pages=383 - 384 |language=finnish}}</ref>

In 1590, four householders built a small log church at their own expense. This first sanctuary is used as a motif for the municipality's coat of arms, which depicts a cross and four nails as a metaphor for the builders. Vampula got its own municipal administration in 1867. The first public school opened in Sallila village in 1878, and was followed by schools in Soinila (1897), Kukonharjan-Murro (1910) and Huhtaa (1915). The [[Finnish senate]] made a decision to establish Vampula congregation in 1891, but independence from Huittinen was only realized in 1900.<ref name="suomenmaa" />

== References ==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:Populated places disestablished in 2009]]
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[[Category:Former municipalities of Finland]]
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