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Municipality in Satakunta, Finland

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Location of Karvia in Finland

Coordinates: 62°08′N 022°33.5′E / 62.133°N 22.5583°E / 62.133; 22.5583Country

FinlandRegionSatakuntaSub-regionPohjois-Satakunta sub-regionCharter1865Government

• Municipal managerTarja HosiasluomaArea

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total519.90 km² (200.73 sq mi) • Land502.22 km² (193.91 sq mi) • Water17.9 km² (6.9 sq mi) • Rank175th largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total2,216 • Rank247th largest in Finland • Density4.41/km² (11.4/sq mi)Population by native language

^[2]

• Finnish95% (official) • Others4.9%Population by age

^[3]

• 0 to 1412% • 15 to 6453.4% • 65 or older34.6%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)ClimateDfcWebsitewww.karvia.fi

Karvia is a municipality of Finland founded in 1865.

Karvia is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The population is 2,216 (31 December 2023)^[2] and the municipality covers an area of 502.22 km² (193.91 sq mi) of which 17.90 km² (6.91 sq mi) is inland water (1 January 2018).^[1] The population density is 4.41/km² (11.4/sq mi).

Twin town of Karvia is Viru-Nigula in Estonia since 1994.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.