Muurla
former municipality of Finland, now part of Salo
Muurla (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmuːrlɑ]) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Salo on 1 January 2009. Neighbouring municipalities of Muurla were Kisko, Perniö, Pertteli and Salo.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 1,455 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 83.16 km2 of which 3.00 km2 is water. The population density was 18.15 inhabitants per km2.
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
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