Aura, Finland

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Auran kunta

municipality in Finland

Province Western Finland
Region Finland Proper
Sub-region Loimaa
City manager Seija Österberg
Official languages Finnish
Area
- total
- land 396th
95.55 km²
95.20 km²
Population
- total (2003)
- change
- Population density>density 265th
3,514
+ 1.6 %
36.9/km²
Urbanisation 67.6 %
Unemployment rate 8.4 %
[http://www.aura.fi/]

For other meanings, see Aura. For the river, see Aura (river).

Aura (IPA: [ˈɑurɑ]) is a municipality of Finland. The name derives from the river Aura and the plough (aura in Finnish) reminiscent shape of the municipality. The municipality was established in 1917 from parts of Lieto and Pöytyä.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Varsinais-Suomi region. The municipality has a population of 3,620 (2004-12-31) and covers an area of 95.44 km² of which 0.35 km² is water. The population density is 38.03 inhabitants per km².

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

External link

[Aura] – Official website (in Finnish)

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