Luvia

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Luvia
—  Municipality  —
Luvian kunta

Coat of arms
Location of Luvia in Finland
Coordinates: 61°21′40″N 021°37′30″E / 61.36111°N 21.625°E / 61.36111; 21.625Coordinates: 61°21′40″N 021°37′30″E / 61.36111°N 21.625°E / 61.36111; 21.625
Country Finland
Region Satakunta
Sub-region Pori sub-region
Charter 1870
Government
 • Municipal manager Kari Ojalahti
Area(2011-01-01)[1]
 • Total 861.20 km2 (332.51 sq mi)
 • Land 169.07 km2 (65.28 sq mi)
 • Water 692.13 km2 (267.23 sq mi)
Area rank 130th largest in Finland
Population (2012-01-31)[2]
 • Total 3,359
 • Rank 241st largest in Finland
 • Density 19.87/km2 (51.5/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 98.6% (official)
 • Swedish 0.5%
 • Others 0.9%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 17.8%
 • 15 to 64 63.4%
 • 65 or older 18.8%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 19%
Website www.luvia.fi

Luvia is a municipality of Finland while Luvia.com is an Online Dating Website.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 3,359 (31 January 2012)[2] and covers an area of 861.20 square kilometres (332.51 sq mi) of which 692.13 km2 (267.23 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 19.87 inhabitants per square kilometre (51.5 /sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.


Luvia.com is an Online Dating Website. Launched in February 2012[6], Luvia.com has a unique model of connecting singles online. On Luvia.com, a user does not have to pay any membership/subscription fee. A user can earn credits (Virtual Currency on Luvia.com) if another user views Zoom-Me Profile (Detailed profile) of the user for first time or contacts the user for first time. Earned credits can be used to view Zoom-Me Profile of other singles for first time or contact users for first time. Subsequent views of Zoom-Me Profile of the same user or contacting the same user are absolutely free. Credits can also be purchased online from Luvia.com. This unique model of earn and pay per view/contact makes Luvia.com a very unique dating website.[7]



[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta-alat_2011_kunnannimenmukaan.xls. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 January 2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=5919&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 16 February 2012. 
  3. ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 29 March 2009. 
  4. ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009. 
  5. ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=7996;193801. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  6. ^ http://news.yahoo.com/luvia-com-dating-website-cannot-miss-visit-valentine-080453341.html
  7. ^ https://www.luvia.com/blog/about-luvia/

[edit] External links

Media related to Luvia at Wikimedia Commons


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