Eura

 ( Populated Places Established In 1866 ) 

Eura () 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 of which is water. The population density is .

The municipality is unilingually Finnish language. 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.Purhonen, Paula: Kristinuskon saapumisesta Suomeen. 1998. . See page 156.

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Politics Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Eura:

• Social Democratic Party 32.9%
• Centre Party 22.8%
• True Finns 16.1%
• Left Alliance 12.2%
• National Coalition Party 10.9%
• Christian Democrats 2.5%
• Green League 2.0%

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Twin towns - Sister cities Eura is twinned with:

• Harku Parish, Estonia
• Askersund Municipality, Sweden

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Notable people

• Carl Oscar Malm, founder of Finnish Sign Language
• Darude (real name Toni-Ville Henrik Virtanen), DJ and record producer
• Elias Valtonen, basketball player

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See also

• Bad Boys – 2003 Finnish film about "the Daltons of Eura"
• Eurajoki
• Panelia

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External links

• Municipality of Eura – Official website

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