Vampula is a municipality of Finland. The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self government in Finland and also act as the basic regional administrative units of the country. ...
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakuntaregion. The municipality has a population of 1,753 (2003) and covers an area of 143.72 km² of which 1.29 km² is water. The population density is 12.3 inhabitants per km². Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... The Province of Western Finland is a province of Finland. ... Satakunta is a region (maakunta / landskap) of Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
The purge attempts directed at teachers in the parish of Vampula were significant for the entire local community.
In the bitter struggle to dismiss teachers, the ability to control local power structures was at stake, and the events were remembered half a century later.
In Vampula, as elsewhere in Finland, the workers had a negative view of the school system and its servants.
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