Karvia

Karvia
Municipality
Karvian kunta Karvia kommun
Karvia Church.
Coat of arms
Location of Karvia in Finland
Coordinates: 62°08′N022°33.5′E / 62.133°N 22.5583°E / 62.133; 22.5583
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  (2025-06-30) [2]
• Total	2,162
• Rank	249th largest in Finland
• Density	4.3/km2 (11/sq mi)
Population by native language [2]
•  Finnish	94.7% (official)
• Others	5.3%
Population by age [3]
• 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	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 2,162 (30 June 2025) ^[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 4.3/km² (11/sq mi).

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

References

1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
2. "Population increased most in Uusimaa in January to June 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 24 July 2025. ISSN   1797-5395 . Retrieved 24 July 2025.
3. "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.

External links

Media related to Karvia at Wikimedia Commons

• Official homepages of Karvia (in Finnish)
• Travelling in Karvia (in English)