Somerniemi is a former municipality of Finland. It was incorporated to Somero in 1977, at the time in Häme Province, which then became part of the new Western Finland Province. Somerniemi was originally a chapel congregation within the larger municipality of Somero. According to historical tradition, the first chapel in Somerniemi was built in 1682, and the congregation received its first priest in 1695.[1]

Somerniemi
Municipality
Coat of arms of Somerniemi
Location of Somerniemi
ProvinceHäme
Population
 (1976)
 • Total1,409
Illustration in Finland framstäldt i teckningar edited by Zacharias Topelius and published 1845-1852.

References edit

  1. ^ "Varsinais-Suomi". www.kulturmiljo.fi. Retrieved 2022-03-06.

60°34′N 023°43′E / 60.567°N 23.717°E / 60.567; 23.717