Eura | |
Official Name: | Finnish: Euran kunta Swedish: Eura kommun |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Coordinates: | 61.1333°N 30°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Finland |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Satakunta |
Subdivision Type2: | Sub-region |
Subdivision Name2: | Rauma sub-region |
Leader Title: | Municipality manager |
Leader Name: | Juha Majalahti |
Established Title: | First records |
Established Date: | 1445 |
Blank3 Name: | Climate |
Blank3 Info: | Dfc |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +02:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +03:00 |
Established Title1: | Charter |
Established Date1: | 1866 |
Eura (pronounced as /fi/) 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 and covers an area of NaNEura}} of which NaNEura}} is water. The population density is NaNEura.
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.[1]
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Eura:
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland. Eura is twinned with: