Luvia

Luvia
Municipality
Luvian kunta

Coat of arms

Location of Luvia in Finland
Coordinates: 61°21′40″N 021°37′30″E / 61.36111°N 21.62500°ECoordinates: 61°21′40″N 021°37′30″E / 61.36111°N 21.62500°E
Country Finland
Region Satakunta
Sub-region Pori sub-region
Charter 1870
Government
  Municipal manager Kari Ojalahti
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
  Total 861.20 km2 (332.51 sq mi)
  Land 169.07 km2 (65.28 sq mi)
  Water 692.13 km2 (267.23 sq mi)
Area rank 130th largest in Finland
Population (2014-11-30)[2]
  Total 3,350
  Rank 241st largest in Finland
  Density 19.81/km2 (51.3/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
  Finnish 98.6% (official)
  Swedish 0.5%
  Others 0.9%
Population by age[4]
  0 to 14 17.8%
  15 to 64 63.4%
  65 or older 18.8%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 19%
Website www.luvia.fi

Luvia is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 3,350 (30 November 2014)[2] and covers an area of 861.20 square kilometres (332.51 sq mi) of which 692.13 km2 (267.23 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 19.81 inhabitants per square kilometre (51.3/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.11.2014" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  3. "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

External links

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