Karvia
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Karvia | |
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Municipality | |
Karvian kunta Karvia kommun | |
Coordinates: 62°08′N 022°33.5′E / 62.133°N 22.5583°E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Satakunta |
Sub-region | Pohjois-Satakunta sub-region |
Charter | 1865 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Tarja Hosiasluoma |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 519.90 km2 (200.73 sq mi) |
• Land | 502.22 km2 (193.91 sq mi) |
• Water | 17.9 km2 (6.9 sq mi) |
• Rank | 175th largest in Finland |
Population (2024-10-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,174 |
• Rank | 249th largest in Finland |
• Density | 4.33/km2 (11.2/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 95% (official) |
• Others | 4.9% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 12% |
• 15 to 64 | 53.4% |
• 65 or older | 34.6% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Climate | Dfc |
Website | www.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 2,174 (31 October 2024)[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 4.33/km2 (11.2/sq mi).
Twin town of Karvia is Viru-Nigula in Estonia since 1994.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 19 November 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 22 November 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.
External links
[edit]Media related to Karvia at Wikimedia Commons
- Official homepages of Karvia (in Finnish)
- Travelling in Karvia (in English)