Place:Laihia, Vaasa, Finland

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NameLaihia
Alt namesLaihelasource: Wikipedia
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates62.967°N 22.0°E
Located inVaasa, Finland
Also located inPohjanmaa, Länsi-Suomi, Finland    
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Laihia is a municipality of Finland, founded in 1576 through a separation from Isokyrö and Korsholm.

It is located in the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of[1] and covers an area of of which is water.[2] The population density is . Laihia consists of 37 villages.

Laihia is within the economical region of the neighbouring city Vaasa. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Only people speak Swedish as a native language. Most inhabitants speak Finnish or a dialect typical of this region. The municipal manager is Juha Rikala. There are a total of 469 farms in the municipality..

Laihia is located along the international tourist route Blue Highway, which goes from Norway to Russia via Sweden and Finland.

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