Municipality:Aura

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Aura
Aura town centre.jpg
CountryFinland


Aurais a municipality of Finland in the region of Lounais-Suomi.

The name derives from the river Aura and the plough (aura in Finnish) reminiscent shape of the municipality. The municipality was established in 1917 from parts of Lieto and Pöytyä.

It is part of the Varsinais-Suomi region. The municipality has a population of 3,980 (31 January 2019) and covers an area of 95.58 square kilometres (36.90 sq mi) of which 0.59 km2 (0.23 sq mi) is water. The population density is 41.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (109/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Zones

There are 7 turfzones in Aura, where one are counted as holy zone and one as bridge zone.

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