Eura
Template:For2 Template:Expand Finnish Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox settlement Eura (Template:IPA) 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 Template:Data Finland municipality/population count ({{#time: j F Y|Template:Data Finland municipality/population count }})<ref name="population_count" /> and covers an area of Template:Convert of which Template:Convert is water.<ref name="total_area" /> The population density is Template:Convert.
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.<ref>Purhonen, Paula: Kristinuskon saapumisesta Suomeen. 1998. Template:ISBN. See page 156.</ref>
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
Template:See also Eura is twinned with:
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- Template:Flagicon Askersund Municipality, Sweden
Notable people
- Carl Oscar Malm, founder of Finnish Sign Language
- Darude (real name Toni-Ville Henrik Virtanen), DJ and record producer
- Elias Valtonen, basketball player
See also
References
External links
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- Municipality of Eura – Official website
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