- Somero
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fullname=Someron kaupunki
status=city
province=Western Finland
region=Finland Proper
district=Salo
citymanager=Leo Haltsonen
languages=Finnish
arearank=130th
area=697.72
arealand=669.02
poprank=107th
popdate=2003
pop=9,680
popchange=0.0
popdensity=14.5
urbanisation=54.2
unemployment=9.2
website=http://www.somero.fi/Somero (IPA2|somero) is a municipality of
Finland , located in the province ofWestern Finland and part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of 9,684 (as of2004-12-31 ) and covers an area of 697.72 km², of which 28.70 km² is water. Thepopulation density is 14.47 inhabitants per square km. Somero is unilingually Finnish.History
Somero has been known as a trading place as early as
14th century . Municipality was officially founded in1867 .Somerniemi municipality was joined into Somero proper in1977 . Somero moved from the province ofHäme to the province ofTurku andPori in1990 . Currently it belongs to the province ofWestern Finland . Somero became a city (kaupunki) inJanuary 1 ,1993 .Famous natives
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Karita Mattila
*Unto Mononen
*M.A. Numminen
* Rauli "Badding" Somerjoki
*Kaari Utrio External links
* [http://www.somero.fi Municipality of Somero website]
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