Eurajoki

Eurajoki

Eurajoki

Municipality in Satakunta, Finland

This article is about the municipality. For the river, see Eura River.

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)[4] 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).

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The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Economy

The Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant in Eurajoki

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

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

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Eurajoki:

Notable people

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  3. [3]
    "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.
  4. [4]
    "Ennakkoväkiluku kuukausittain sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, elokuu 2018" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  5. [5]
    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.
  6. [6]
    "Environmental study for Olkiluoto 4". World Nuclear News. 15 February 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  7. [7]
    https://klassekampen.no/utgave/2022-10-29/kjernefamilien. Klassekampen.no. Retrieved 2022-10-29
  8. [8]
    "Eurajoki - Portaali" (in Finnish). Municipality of Eurajoki. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  9. [9]
    Rauman rautatien historiaa (in Finnish)

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