Municipality:Eurajoki

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Eurajoki
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CountryFinland


Eurajoki (Swedish: Euraåminne) is a municipality of Finland located in the region of Lounais-Suomi.

Eurajoki is part of the county of Satakunta in the province of Western Finland. The municipality has a population of 9,452 (31 January 2019) 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 27.37 inhabitants per square kilometre (70.9/sq mi).

Two of Finland's four nuclear reactors are on the island of Olkiluoto in Eurajoki, and a third one is under construction. The two other operating reactors are at the Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant.

The municipality of Luvia was merged to Eurajoki on 1 January 2017.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.


Zones

There are 3 turfzones in Eurajoki, where one is counted as holy. There are 2 turfzones in the former municipality of Luvia where one is holy and is a nationalpark.


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