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Also known as Sastamala

Karkku is a former municipality in the Pirkanmaa region of Finland. It was consolidated in 1973 with Vammala, which in turn was consolidated with Äetsä and Mouhijärvi to create the town of Sastamala in 2009. Karkku is located by the lake Rautavesi, about 13 kilometres north of the Sastamala town center.

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Karkku is a former municipality in the Pirkanmaa region of Finland. It was consolidated in 1973 with Vammala, which in turn was consolidated with Äetsä and Mouhijärvi to create the town of Sastamala in 2009. Karkku is located by the lake Rautavesi, about 13 kilometres north of the Sastamala town center.

The village of Karkku is listed as a Cultural environment of national significance by the Finnish National Board of Antiquities.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Karkku” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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