Eura

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Eura
Municipality
Euran kunta
Eura kommun
Biolanin konttoritalo.jpg
Biolan headquarters in Eura
Eura.vaakuna.svg
Eura sijainti Suomi.svg
Location of Eura in Finland
Coordinates: 61°08′N022°08′E / 61.133°N 22.133°E / 61.133; 22.133
CountryFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Region Satakunta
Sub-region Rauma sub-region
First records1445
Charter 1866
Government
  Municipality managerJuha Majalahti
Area
 (2018-01-01) [1]
  Total
630.20 km2 (243.32 sq mi)
  Land578.88 km2 (223.51 sq mi)
  Water51.33 km2 (19.82 sq mi)
  Rank 146th largest in Finland
Population
 (2024-10-31) [2]
  Total
11,089
  Rank 89th largest in Finland
  Density19.16/km2 (49.6/sq mi)
Population by native language
[2]
   Finnish 95.5% (official)
   Swedish 0.1%
  Others4.3%
Population by age
[3]
  0 to 1415.2%
  15 to 6456.4%
  65 or older28.4%
Time zone UTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Climate Dfc
Website www.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 11,089 (31 October 2024) [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 19.16 inhabitants per square kilometre (49.6/sq mi).

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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. [4]

Politics

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Eura:

Twin towns - Sister cities

Eura is twinned with:

Notable people

See also

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