Eurajoki
Template:About Template:Expand Finnish Template:Infobox settlement Eurajoki (Template:IPA; Template:Langx) is a municipality of Finland located in the region of Satakunta in the province of Western Finland. 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.
Economy
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Three of Finland's five nuclear reactors are on the island of Olkiluoto in Eurajoki,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and a fourth one is planned since 2008.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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).<ref name=NonTemporary>https://klassekampen.no/utgave/2022-10-29/kjernefamilien. Klassekampen.no. Retrieved 2022-10-29</ref> The site will be a permanent facility for spent-fuel storage.<ref name=NonTemporary/>
Transport
The distance from the church village of Eurajoki to the nearest town, Rauma, is Template:Convert, and to the nearest city, Pori, is Template:Convert.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Highway 8 (E8) and the railway between Kokemäki and Rauma<ref>Rauman rautatien historiaa (in Finnish)</ref> 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
- Olli-Pekka Heinonen
See also
References
External links
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- Municipality of Eurajoki – Official website