Lavia, Finland

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Former municipality in Satakunta, Finland

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Location of Lavia in Finland

Coordinates: 61°36′N 022°35′E / 61.600°N 22.583°E / 61.600; 22.583CountryFinlandRegionSatakuntaSub-regionNorthern Satakunta sub-regionCharter1868Merged2015Government

• Municipal managerPekka HeinonenArea

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• Total357.75 km² (138.13 sq mi) • Land321.13 km² (123.99 sq mi) • Water36.62 km² (14.14 sq mi)Population

(2014-11-30)^[2]

• Total1,904 • Density5.3/km² (14/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)Websitewww.lavia.fi

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

Frans Mustasilta (1879 – 1949)
Arvo Riihimäki (1891 – 1972)
Pentti Antila (1926 – 1997)
Jaakko Jonkka (1953 – 2022)

References

^ "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.