Lavia is a former municipality in the region of

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 ...

, in

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. It was merged with the city of Pori on 1 January 2015. The municipality was unilingually

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People born in Lavia

* Frans Mustasilta (1879 – 1949) * Arvo Riihimäki (1891 – 1972) * Pentti Antila (1926 – 1997) * Jaakko Jonkka (1953 – )

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