Lavia, Finland

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Former municipality in Satakunta, Finland

Lavia

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 / 61.600; 22.583
Country| Finland
Region| Satakunta
Sub-region| Northern Satakunta sub-region
Charter| 1868
Merged| 2015
Government

• Municipal manager| Pekka Heinonen
Area

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• 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.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

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

## References

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1. ^ "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
2. ^ "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)

A street in Lavia

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Municipalities of Satakunta

Municipalities|

* Eura
* Eurajoki
* Harjavalta
* Huittinen
* Jämijärvi
* Kankaanpää
* Karvia
* Kokemäki
* Merikarvia
* Nakkila
* Pomarkku
* Pori
* Rauma
* Siikainen
* Säkylä
* Ulvila

Former municipalities|

* Ahlainen
* Hinnerjoki
* Honkajoki
* Honkilahti
* Kauvatsa
* Keikyä
* Kiikoinen
* Kiukainen
* Kodisjoki
* Kullaa
* Köyliö
* Lappi
* Lavia
* Luvia
* Noormarkku
* Porin maalaiskunta
* Rauman maalaiskunta
* Vampula

* Satakunta
* Finland

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI

National|

* Finland

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