Mouhijärvi

Mouhijärvi is a former municipality of Finland, located in the southwestern part of the country. It was an agricultural village since the 18th century.

On 1 January in 2009 Mouhijärvi was consolidated with the municipalities of Vammala and Äetsä, to form a new town named Sastamala.

Geography
Mouhijärvi was located in the southwest Pirkanmaa region, and was part of the former provinces of Turku and Pori Province (1917 to 1997) and Western Finland Province  (1997 to 2010). The location is between the shores of Mätikkö and Siilijärvi lakes and covered an area of 268.65 km2, of which 14.48 km2 was water.

Demographics
The municipality had a population of 2,961 (2003). The population density was 11.0 inhabitants per 1 km2.

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Mouhijärvi was notable for being the first municipality in Finland to have an all-female city council — in 1988.
 * History

People born in Mouhijärvi

 * Emil Viljanen (1874 – 1954)
 * Markku Aro (1950 – )