Eurajoki
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 Finland
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| Landscape : | Satakunta |
| Administrative community : | Rauma |
| Geographical location | 61 ° 12 ′ N , 21 ° 44 ′ E |
| Surface: | 643.79 km² |
| of which land area: | 345.39 km² |
| of which inland waterways: | 3.90 km² |
| of which sea area: | 294.50 km² |
| Residents : | 9,454 (Dec 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 27.4 inhabitants / km² |
| Municipality number : | 051 |
| Language (s) : | Finnish |
| Website : | www.eurajoki.fi |
Eurajoki [ ˈeu̯rɑˌjoki ] (Swedish Euraåminne ) is a municipality with 9,454 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) in the southwestern Finnish landscape of Satakunta . It is located around 30 kilometers south of the port city of Pori at the mouth of the Eurajoki River in the Gulf of Bothnia . Eurajoki is exclusively Finnish-speaking .
politics
The political municipality of Eurajoki has existed since 1869 and includes the parish of Eurajoki, Auvi, Hankkila, Huhta, Ilavainen, Irjanne, Kainu, Kaukomäki, Kaukonpieli, Kaunissaari, Koivuniemi, Kuivalahti, Köykkä, Lapijoki, Lavila, Linnamaa, Lappa, , Pihlaus, Rikantila, Saari, Sydänmaa, Tahkoniemi, Taipale, Tarvola, Vaimala, Vuojoki, and Väkkärä.
Eurajoki maintains a twinning with the German city of Weener .
geography
The landscape of the municipality is characterized by the persistent post-glacial uplift , as a result of which large parts of today's mainland emerged from the sea in the past centuries. The medieval fortress Liinmaa was originally located on an island near the mouths of the Eurajoki and Lapinjoki rivers in the Baltic Sea, but today it has grown together with the mainland due to the land hub. Of architectural interest is the Vuojoki manor, which was built in Empire style in 1836 according to plans by Carl Ludwig Engel .
Nuclear power
The Baltic island of Olkiluoto , which belongs to Eurajoki, is the location of the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant with two of the four nuclear power plants in Finland, a third reactor is under construction. Their output covers around a fifth of the country's electricity consumption. The power plant complex also includes a nuclear repository .
photos
The Vuojoki estate
The Olkiluoto NPP with the planned new reactor (photo montage)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 (PDF; 199 kB)
- ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
