The Oura Archipelago is a group of islands near the city of

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 ...

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. It is a part of the municipality of

Merikarvia Merikarvia (; ) is a municipality in Finland. It is located in the Satakunta region. The neighboring municipalities are Isojoki, Kristinestad, Pomarkku, Pori and Siikainen. The municipality has a population of 3,169 (2024) and it covers an are ...

. The archipelago consists of approximately 300 islands. It is part of the

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, that was established in 2011. The main island ''Ouranluoto'' has several tourist services. It can be reached by the harbour of ''Krookka''. The Oura Archipelago is famous for the ''Oura-opera'' which was written by Finnish author Arvo Salo. It was performed from 2002 to 2005 in Krookka harbour on Merikarvia municipality. A new opera is still performed yearly at Krookka.

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Municipality of Merikarvia

Oura-opera (in Finnish)
Archipelagoes of the Baltic Sea Landforms of Satakunta Archipelagoes of Finland {{WesternFinland-geo-stub