Eurajoki

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Municipality in Satakunta, Finland

Eurajoki Euraåminne
Municipality
Eurajoen kunta Euraåminne kommun
Vuojoki Manor at Eurajoki, designed by Carl Ludvig Engel
Coat of arms
Location of Eurajoki in Finland
Coordinates: 61°12′N 021°44′E / 61.200°N 21.733°E / 61.200; 21.733
Country	Finland
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 ^[3]
• Finnish	96.3% (official)
• Swedish	0.3%
• Others	3.4%
Population by age ^[4]
• 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.fi

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

Three of Finland's five nuclear reactors are on the island of Olkiluoto in Eurajoki,^[6] and a fourth one is planned since 2008.^[7] 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).^[8] The site will be a permanent facility for spent-fuel storage.^[8]

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).^[9] Highway 8 (E8) and the railway between Kokemäki and Rauma^[10] run through the municipality.

Politics

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

Jere Laaksonen, ice hockey player
Ernesti Rikhard Rainesalo, senator

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
^ "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)