Lavia, Finland

Lavia [ lɑʋiɑ ] is a municipality with 1917 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in Western Finland. It is located about 50 kilometers southwest of the port city of Pori in the landscape Satakunta. In Lavia only Finnish is spoken.

The place belonged since the Middle Ages to the parish Sastamala (now a part of Vammala ), from 1639 then Mouhijärvi. 1823 Lavia was as parish independently, the municipality was founded in 1868 and now includes the Kirchdorf Lavia the places Aluskylä, Haunia, Kalliala, Lavia, Mustajoki, Myöntäjä, Niemenkylä, Peräkylä, Riiho and Riuttala. The community center is located on the eastern shore of the 34 -square-kilometer elongated lake Karhijärvi which runs through the municipality from east to west.

The historic center of the church village still has a few wooden houses from the 19th century. The parish church in the village was built in 1823 by Charles Bassi, the adjoining parish around 1870. Among the cultural heritage of the community continue to include some Bronze Age grave mound on the banks of the old stone bridges and Karhijärvi of Susikoski and Sampakoski.

Had Lavia to 1950, 5,400 inhabitants, so the population has since more than halved in the economically underdeveloped community. Around one third of the workforce are employed in agriculture and forestry, about half in the service sector.

Coat of arms

Description of coat of arms: The coat of arms is divided into blue and silver.