Eura

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Municipality in Satakunta, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Eura in Finland

Coordinates: 61°08′N 022°08′E / 61.133°N 22.133°E / 61.133; 22.133Country

FinlandRegionSatakuntaSub-regionRauma sub-regionFirst records1445Charter1866Government

• Municipality managerJuha MajalahtiArea

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total630.20 km² (243.32 sq mi) • Land578.88 km² (223.51 sq mi) • Water51.33 km² (19.82 sq mi) • Rank146th largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total11,184 • Rank89th largest in Finland • Density19.32/km² (50.0/sq mi)Population by native language

^[2]

• Finnish95.5% (official) • Swedish0.1% • Others4.3%Population by age

^[3]

• 0 to 1415.2% • 15 to 6456.4% • 65 or older28.4%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)ClimateDfcWebsitewww.eura.fi

Eura (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈeu̯rɑ]) 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 11,184 (31 December 2023)^[5] 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 19.32 inhabitants per square kilometre (50.0/sq mi).

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]

Politics

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Eura:

Social Democratic Party 32.9%
Centre Party 22.8%
True Finns 16.1%
Left Alliance 12.2%
National Coalition Party 10.9%
Christian Democrats 2.5%
Green League 2.0%

Twin towns - Sister cities

Eura is twinned with:

Harku Parish, Estonia
Askersund Municipality, Sweden

Notable people

Carl Oscar Malm, founder of Finnish Sign Language
Darude (real name Toni-Ville Henrik Virtanen), DJ and record producer

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
^ "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.
^ "Ennakkoväkiluku kuukausittain sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, elokuu 2018" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
^ Purhonen, Paula: Kristinuskon saapumisesta Suomeen. 1998. ISBN 951-9057-31-5. See page 156.