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Eurajoki Euraåminne | |
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Municipality | |
Eurajoen kunta Euraåminne kommun | |
Vuojoki Manor at Eurajoki, designed by Carl Ludvig Engel | |
Coat of arms | |
Location of Eurajoki in Finland | |
Coordinates: 61°12′N 021°44′E / 61.200°N 21.733°E / 61.200; 21.733 | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Satakunta |
Sub-region | Rauma sub-region |
First records | 1344 |
Charter | 1869 |
Government | |
• Municipality manager | Harri Hiitiö |
Area | |
• Total | 1,504.96 km (581.07 sq mi) |
• Land | 514.99 km (198.84 sq mi) |
• Water | 298.39 km (115.21 sq mi) |
• Rank | 223rd largest in Finland |
Population | |
• Total | 9,056 |
• Rank | 107th largest in Finland |
• Density | 17.58/km (45.5/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 95.9% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.3% |
• Others | 3.7% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 17.1% |
• 15 to 64 | 56.7% |
• 65 or older | 26.2% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Climate | Dfc |
Website | www |
Eurajoki (Finnish: [ˈeu̯rɑˌjoki]; Swedish: Euraåminne) is a municipality of Finland located in the region of Satakunta in the province of Western Finland. The municipality has a population of 9,056 (31 October 2024) and covers an area of 1,504.96 square kilometres (581.07 sq mi) of which 298.39 km (115.21 sq mi) is water. The population density is 17.58 inhabitants per square kilometre (45.5/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Economy
Three of Finland's five nuclear reactors are on the island of Olkiluoto in Eurajoki, and a fourth one is planned since 2008. The two other operating reactors are at the Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant.
Site-preparation for the construction of the Onkalo spent nuclear fuel repository, a deep geological repository for spent nuclear fuel, is going on (as of Q4 2022). The site will be a permanent facility for spent-fuel storage.
Transport
The distance from the church village of Eurajoki to the nearest town, Rauma, is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi), and to the nearest city, Pori, is 35 kilometres (22 mi). Highway 8 (E8) and the railway between Kokemäki and Rauma run through the municipality.
Politics
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Eurajoki:
- Centre Party 33.7%
- Social Democratic Party 26.4%
- True Finns 19.2%
- National Coalition Party 10.9%
- Left Alliance 5.2%
- Christian Democrats 2.8%
- Green League 1.3%
Notable people
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- Jere Laaksonen, ice hockey player
- Ernesti Rikhard Rainesalo, senator
See also
References
- ^ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-11-19. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- Pukkila, Tapio (21 April 2023). "Eurajoki on monen mielessä yhtä kuin Olkiluoto – pitäisikö kunta nimetä uudelleen ydinvoimalasaarensa mukaan?". Yle (in Finnish). Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- "Environmental study for Olkiluoto 4". World Nuclear News. 15 February 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ https://klassekampen.no/utgave/2022-10-29/kjernefamilien. Klassekampen.no. Retrieved 2022-10-29
- "Eurajoki - Portaali" (in Finnish). Municipality of Eurajoki. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
- Rauman rautatien historiaa (in Finnish)
External links
Media related to Eurajoki at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Eurajoki – Official website
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