Eura

Eura is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 11,600 (31 July 2020)[2] and covers an area of 630.20 square kilometres (243.32 sq mi) of which 51.33 km2 (19.82 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 20.04 inhabitants per square kilometre (51.9/sq mi).

Eura
Municipality
Euran kunta
Eura kommun
Coat of arms
Location of Eura in Finland
Coordinates: 61°08′N 022°08′E
Country Finland
RegionSatakunta
Sub-regionRauma sub-region
Charter1866
Government
 • Municipality managerJuha Majalahti
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total630.20 km2 (243.32 sq mi)
 • Land578.87 km2 (223.50 sq mi)
 • Water51.33 km2 (19.82 sq mi)
Area rank146th largest in Finland
Population
 (2020-07-31)[2]
 • Total11,600
 • Rank86th largest in Finland
 • Density20.04/km2 (51.9/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish98.7% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others1.2%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1416.9%
 • 15 to 6461.8%
 • 65 or older21.3%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]19.5%
ClimateDfc
Websitewww.eura.fi

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality of Kiukainen was consolidated with Eura on 1 January 2009.

The municipality is one of the most distinguished places in Finland in terms of pre-historical findings. The archaeological findings are mainly from the Iron Age and include e.g. ancient dress "Euran Emännän Puku".

Local tradition had it still in the 18th century that a decisive battle against invading Sweden was held in Eura's Big Meadow (Iso Niitty) in the Middle Ages. According to the story, there was blood up to man's ankles on the meadow.[6]

Trance producer and DJ, Ville Virtanen (better known by his stage name Darude) is from Eura.

Politics

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Eura:

Twin towns - Sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland

Eura is twinned with:

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Heinäkuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  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. 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. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. Purhonen, Paula: Kristinuskon saapumisesta Suomeen. 1998. ISBN 951-9057-31-5. See page 156.

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