Luvia

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Luvia
Former municipality
Luvian kunta
Luvia kommun
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Location of Luvia in Finland
Coordinates: 61°21′40″N021°37′30″E / 61.36111°N 21.62500°E / 61.36111; 21.62500
Country Finland
Region Satakunta
Sub-region Pori sub-region
Charter 1870
Consolidated2017
Government
  Municipal managerKari Ojalahti
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Climate Dfb
Website www.luvia.fi

Luvia is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged to Eurajoki on 1 January 2017.

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It was located in the province of Western Finland, part of the Satakunta region. The municipality covered an area of 861.20 square kilometres (332.51 sq mi) of which 692.07 km2 (267.21 sq mi) was water. [1]

The dominant municipal language was Finnish.

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References

  1. Area of Finnish Municipalities 1 January 2016. National Land Survey of Finland

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