Eurajoki

<h2 id="economy">Economy</h2>

<p>Three of Finland's five <a href="/facts/Nuclear_reactor/8xqjIbge">nuclear reactors</a> are on the island of <a href="/facts/Olkiluoto/IQBtK7U8">Olkiluoto</a> in Eurajoki,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> and a fourth one is planned since 2008.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> The two other operating reactors are at the <a href="/facts/Loviisa_Nuclear_Power_Plant/KauAfy2j">Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant</a>.
</p><p>Site-preparation for the construction of the <a href="/facts/Onkalo_spent_nuclear_fuel_repository/Hc2z3W3J">Onkalo spent nuclear fuel repository</a>, a <a href="/facts/Deep_geological_repository/6f4zVQxy">deep geological repository</a> for <a href="/facts/Spent_nuclear_fuel/jWDWvJ6d">spent nuclear fuel</a>, is going on (as of Q4 2022).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> The site will be a permanent facility for spent-fuel storage.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>
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<h2 id="transport">Transport</h2>
<p>The distance from the church village of Eurajoki to the nearest town, <a href="/facts/Rauma,_Finland/FAjDIdlH">Rauma</a>, is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi), and to the nearest city, <a href="/facts/Pori/5YufTe1w">Pori</a>, is 35 kilometres (22 mi).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Finnish_national_road_8/RUSPympP">Highway 8</a> (<a href="/facts/European_route_E8/s6dMVYXF">E8</a>) and the <a href="/facts/Railway/9nJQbsDV">railway</a> between <a href="/facts/Kokem%C3%A4ki/nPS98FEz">Kokemäki</a> and Rauma<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> run through the municipality.
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<h2 id="politics">Politics</h2>
<p>Results of the <a href="/facts/2011_Finnish_parliamentary_election/bgqqnqLS">2011 Finnish parliamentary election</a> in Eurajoki:
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Centre_Party_(Finland)/1FfaHWvg">Centre Party</a>   33.7%</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Finland/neRwsrs3">Social Democratic Party</a>   26.4%</li>
<li><a href="/facts/True_Finns/SFofBnqU">True Finns</a>   19.2%</li>
<li><a href="/facts/National_Coalition_Party/L7RHyP2x">National Coalition Party</a>   10.9%</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Left_Alliance_(Finland)/uWRk1aFm">Left Alliance</a>   5.2%</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Christian_Democrats_(Finland)/40nsKfFy">Christian Democrats</a>   2.8%</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Green_League/a6hhDe9y">Green League</a>   1.3%</li></ul>
<h2 id="notable-people">Notable people</h2>

<ul><li><a href="/facts/Jere_Laaksonen/NsbnRJC4">Jere Laaksonen</a>, ice hockey player</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Ernesti_Rikhard_Rainesalo/NVKzGL6g">Ernesti Rikhard Rainesalo</a>, senator</li></ul>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Eura/qBDPClnD">Eura</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Liinmaa_Castle/3uGjRIz9">Liinmaa Castle</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<p> Media related to Eurajoki at Wikimedia Commons
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<ul><li><a href="https://www.eurajoki.fi/">Municipality of Eurajoki</a> – Official website</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Population increased most in Uusimaa in 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-01-23. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-01-23. <a href="https://stat.fi/en/publication/cm0njtpitjj3a08w3km79kf4k" target="_blank">https://stat.fi/en/publication/cm0njtpitjj3a08w3km79kf4k</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018. <a href="http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/maanmittauslaitos.fi/files/attachments/2018/01/Suomen_pa_2018_kunta_maakunta.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/maanmittauslaitos.fi/files/attachments/2018/01/Suomen_pa_2018_kunta_maakunta.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Pukkila, Tapio (21 April 2023). "Eurajoki on monen mielessä yhtä kuin Olkiluoto – pitäisikö kunta nimetä uudelleen ydinvoimalasaarensa mukaan?". Yle (in Finnish). Retrieved 21 April 2023. <a href="https://yle.fi/a/74-20027630" target="_blank">https://yle.fi/a/74-20027630</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"Environmental study for Olkiluoto 4". World Nuclear News. 15 February 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2023. <a href="http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN/Environmental_study_for_Olkiluoto_4_150208.html" target="_blank">http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN/Environmental_study_for_Olkiluoto_4_150208.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>https://klassekampen.no/utgave/2022-10-29/kjernefamilien. Klassekampen.no. Retrieved 2022-10-29 <a href="https://klassekampen.no/utgave/2022-10-29/kjernefamilien" target="_blank">https://klassekampen.no/utgave/2022-10-29/kjernefamilien</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>https://klassekampen.no/utgave/2022-10-29/kjernefamilien. Klassekampen.no. Retrieved 2022-10-29 <a href="https://klassekampen.no/utgave/2022-10-29/kjernefamilien" target="_blank">https://klassekampen.no/utgave/2022-10-29/kjernefamilien</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>"Eurajoki - Portaali" (in Finnish). Municipality of Eurajoki. Retrieved September 23, 2021. <a href="http://www.eurajoki.fi/" target="_blank">http://www.eurajoki.fi/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:8"><p>Rauman rautatien historiaa (in Finnish) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061011074742/http://www.saariselka.sci.fi/rautatie/rauma/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20061011074742/http://www.saariselka.sci.fi/rautatie/rauma/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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