Lavia is a former municipality in the region of

Satakunta Satakunta (in both Finnish language, Finnish and Swedish language, Swedish, ; historically ''Satacundia'') is a Regions of Finland, region ( / ) of Finland, part of the former Western Finland Province. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland ...

, in

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

. It was merged with the city of

Pori Pori (; ; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Satakunta. It is located on the west coast of the country, on the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Pori is approximately , while the Pori sub-region, sub-region has a population of a ...

on 1 January 2015. The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

People born in Lavia

* Frans Mustasilta (1879 – 1949) * Arvo Riihimäki (1891 – 1972) * Pentti Antila (1926 – 1997) *

Jaakko Jonkka Jaakko Ilari Jonkka (12 February 1953 – 4 January 2022) was a Finnish jurist and the Chancellor of Justice of Finland from 2007 to 2017. He was preceded by Paavo Nikula and succeeded by Tuomas Pöysti. Jonkka was an attorney, and worked pre ...

(1953 – 2022)

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Populated places established in 1868 Former municipalities of Finland Lavia, Finland {{WesternFinland-geo-stub