Somerniemi | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Häme |
Population Total: | 1409 |
Population As Of: | 1976 |
Established Date: | 1868 |
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]