Eurajoki (; ) is a

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Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

located in the

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Satakunta Satakunta (in both Finnish language, Finnish and Swedish language, Swedish, ; historically ''Satacundia'') is a Regions of Finland, region ( / ) of Finland, part of the former Western Finland Province. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland ...

in the

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Western Finland Western Finland (, ) was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Oulu, Eastern Finland and Southern Finland. It also bordered the Gulf of Bothnia towards Åland. Tampere was the largest city of the province. Histor ...

. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The

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is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Economy

Three of Finland's five

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s 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 Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) (, ) is located close to the Finnish town of Loviisa. It houses two Soviet-designed VVER-440 Pressurized water reactor, pressurised water reactors, with capacities of 507 MW each. It is one of Finl ...

. Site-preparation for the construction of the Onkalo spent nuclear fuel repository, a

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for

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, is going on (as of Q4 2022).https://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 Pori (; ; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Satakunta. It is located on the west coast of the country, on the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Pori is approximately , while the Pori sub-region, sub-region has a population of a ...

, is . Highway 8 ( E8) and the

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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 The National Coalition Party (NCP; , Kok; , Saml) is a liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative List of political parties in Finland, political party in Finland. It is the current governing political party of Finland. Founded in 1918, the ...

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

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