Eurajoki

Eurajoki (; ) is a municipality of Finland located in the region of Satakunta in the province of Western Finland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Administrative divisions Eurajoki is administratively subdivided into villages, grouped into two sections; due to the former municipality of Luvia being annexed in 2017:

Eurajoki Proper

Auvi, Hankkila, Huhta, Ilavainen, Irjanne, Kainu, Kaukomäki, Kaukonpieli, Kirkonkylä, Koivuniemi, Kuivalahti, Köykkä, Lapijoki, Lavila, Linnamaa, Lutta, Mullila, Pappila, Pihlaus, Rikantila, Saari, Sydänmaa, Tahkoniemi, Taipale, Tarvola, Vaimala, Vuojoki, Väkkärä

Luvia

Hanninkylä, Korpi, Lemlahti, Luodonkylä, Löytty, Mikkola, Niemenkylä, Perä, Sassila, Sitlahti, Väipäre

Economy

Three of Finland's five nuclear reactors are on the island of Olkiluoto in Eurajoki, and a fourth one is planned since 2008. The two other operating reactors are at the Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant.

The Onkalo spent nuclear fuel repository, a deep geological repository for spent nuclear fuel, is already constructed and is waiting (as of Q3 2026) for the government to give a permit for operation.https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/gir-gront-lys-for-verdens-forste-permanente-atomavfallslager-1.17978427. NRK.no. Retrieved 2026-08-04https://klassekampen.no/utgave/2022-10-29/kjernefamilien. Klassekampen.no. Retrieved 2022-10-29 The site will be a permanent facility for spent-fuel storage.

Transport The distance from the church village of Eurajoki to the nearest town, Rauma, is , and to the nearest city, Pori, is . Highway 8 (E8) and the railway between Kokemäki and RaumaRauman rautatien historiaa (in Finnish) 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

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