Eurajoki
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Eurajoki Euraåminne | |
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Municipality | |
Eurajoen kunta Euraåminne kommun | |
![]() Vuojoki Manor at Eurajoki, designed by Carl Ludvig Engel | |
![]() Location of Eurajoki in Finland | |
Coordinates: 61°12′N 021°44′E / 61.200°N 21.733°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Satakunta |
Sub-region | Rauma sub-region |
First records | 1344 |
Charter | 1869 |
Government | |
• Municipality manager | Harri Hiitiö |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,504.96 km2 (581.07 sq mi) |
• Land | 514.99 km2 (198.84 sq mi) |
• Water | 298.39 km2 (115.21 sq mi) |
• Rank | 223rd largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 9,143 |
• Rank | 106th largest in Finland |
• Density | 17.75/km2 (46.0/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 9,143 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 1,504.96 square kilometres (581.07 sq mi) of which 298.39 km2 (115.21 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 17.75 inhabitants per square kilometre (46.0/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Economy
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Three of Finland's five nuclear reactors are on the island of Olkiluoto in Eurajoki,[5] and a fourth one is planned since 2008.[6] 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).[7] The site will be a permanent facility for spent-fuel storage.[7]
Transport
[edit]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).[8] Highway 8 (E8) and the railway between Kokemäki and Rauma[9] run through the municipality.
Politics
[edit]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
[edit]- Jere Laaksonen, ice hockey player
- Ernesti Rikhard Rainesalo, senator
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b 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
[edit] Media related to Eurajoki at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Eurajoki – Official website