Karvia is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
founded in 1865.
It is located in the
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...
of
Western Finland
Western Finland ( fi, Länsi-Suomen lääni, sv, Västra Finlands län) was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Oulu, Eastern Finland and Southern Finland. It also bordered the Gulf of Bothnia towards Åland. ...
and is part of the
Satakunta
Satakunta (in both Finnish and Swedish, ) is a region ( / ) of Finland, part of the former Western Finland Province. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Pirkanmaa, South Ostrobothnia and Ostrobothnia. The capital city of the region is ...
region
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. The population of Karvia is ()
and the municipality covers an area of of which is inland water ().
The population density is .
Twin town of Karvia is
Viru-Nigula
Viru-Nigula is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Lääne-Viru County, Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Viru-Nigula Parish
Viru-Nigula Parish ( et, Viru-Nigula vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It has a ...
in
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
since 1994.
References
External links
Official homepages of Karvia
Travelling in Karvia
Municipalities of Satakunta
Populated places established in 1865
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