Karvia is a municipality of Finland. The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self government in Finland and also act as the basic regional administrative units of the country. ...
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakuntaregion. The municipality has a population of 2,914 (2003) and covers an area of 519.82 km² of which 16.50 km² is water. The population density is 5.6 inhabitants per km². Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... The Province of Western Finland is a province of Finland. ... Satakunta (Satakunda) is the name of a geographical region in Finland which can refer to: Satakunta - a historical Province of Sweden (Historical provinces of Finland) Turun ja Porin lääni - a former Province of Finland (County of Sweden) Satakunnan maakunta - a current Region of Finland Western Finland - a current Province of... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
Karvia and Parkano have been chosen as examples of Finnish rural communes, because their emigration pattern can be considered to represent Finland's emigration areas.
On the other hand it has been verified when making the emigrant lists that the number of emigrants leaving in one five year period is reflected, in spite of the developments beyond the ocean, in the number of emigrants returning in the next five year period.
The two communes studied, Karvia and Parkano, thus represent the strength of returning emigration very well as far as the communes of mainland Finland are concerned.
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