Lavia, Finland
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Lavia | |
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Former municipality | |
| Lavian kunta Lavia kommun | |
 Lavia Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Lavia in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 61°36′N 022°35′E / 61.600°N 22.583°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Satakunta |
| Sub-region | Northern Satakunta sub-region |
| Charter | 1868 |
| Merged | 2015 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Pekka Heinonen |
| Area | |
• Total | 357.75 km2 (138.13 sq mi) |
| • Land | 321.13 km2 (123.99 sq mi) |
| • Water | 36.62 km2 (14.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2014-11-30)[2] | |
• Total | 1,904 |
| • Density | 5.3/km2 (14/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
Lavia is a former municipality in the region of Satakunta, in Finland. It was merged with the city of Pori on 1 January 2015.
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
People born in Lavia
[edit]- Frans Mustasilta (1879 – 1949)
- Arvo Riihimäki (1891 – 1972)
- Pentti Antila (1926 – 1997)
- Jaakko Jonkka (1953 – 2022)
References
[edit]- ^ "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.11.2014" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
External links
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Media related to Lavia at Wikimedia Commons- Official website (in Finnish)
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