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Aura (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈɑu̯rɑ]) 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.

Aura
Municipality
Auran kunta Aura kommun
Coat of arms
Location of Aura in Finland
Coordinates: 60°39′N 022°35′E
Country	Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Loimaa sub-region
Charter	1917
Government
• Municipal manager	Jari Kesäniemi
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	95.58 km2 (36.90 sq mi)
• Land	94.98 km2 (36.67 sq mi)
• Water	0.59 km2 (0.23 sq mi)
• Rank	301st largest in Finland
Population  (2021-12-31)[2]
• Total	3,958
• Rank	194th largest in Finland
• Density	41.67/km2 (107.9/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	98.1% (official)
• Swedish	0.5%
• Others	1.4%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	19%
• 15 to 64	60.2%
• 65 or older	20.8%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]	21.5%
Climate	Dfb
Website	www.aura.fi

It is part of the Varsinais-Suomi region. The municipality has a population of 3,958 (31 December 2021)[2] and covers an area of 95.58 square kilometres (36.90 sq mi) of which 0.59 km² (0.23 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 41.67 inhabitants per square kilometre (107.9/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Geography

Villages

In 1967, Aura had 23 legally recognized villages (henkikirjakylät):[6]

Demographics

In 2020, 19.0% of the population of Aura was under the age of 15, 60.2% were aged 15 to 64, and 20.8% were over the age of 65. The average age was 42.0, under the national average of 43.4 and regional average of 44.0. Speakers of Finnish made up 96.8% of the population and speakers of Swedish made up 0.6%, while the share of speakers of foreign languages was 2.6%. Foreign nationals made up 2.1% of the total population.[7]

The chart below, describing the development of the total population of Aura from 1975-2020, encompasses the municipality's area as of 2021.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1975 2,338 —     1980 2,470 +1.10% 1985 2,692 +1.74% 1990 2,960 +1.92% 1995 3,288 +2.12%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2000 3,338 +0.30% 2005 3,699 +2.08% 2010 3,911 +1.12% 2015 3,986 +0.38% 2020 3,959 −0.14%
Source: Statistics Finland[8]

Urban areas

In 2019, out of the total population of 3,941, 2,705 people lived in urban areas and 1,166 in sparsely populated areas, while the coordinates of 70 people were unknown. This made Aura's degree of urbanization 69.9%.[9] The urban population in the municipality was divided between two urban areas as follows:[10]

#	Urban area	Population
1	Aura railway station area	2,700
2	Lieto railway station area	5[lower-alpha 1]

Economy

In 2018, 5.2% of the workforce of Aura worked in primary production (agriculture, forestry and fishing), 34.9% in secondary production (e.g. manufacturing, construction and infrastructure), and 57.6% in services. In 2019, the unemployment rate was 5.7%, and the share of pensioners in the population was 23.7%.[11]

The ten largest employers in Aura in 2019 were as follows:[12]

See also

• Aura River
• Finnish national road 9

Notes

References

External links

Media related to Aura at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Aura – Official website (in Finnish)

На других языках

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[de] Aura (Finnland)

Aura [.mw-parser-output .IPA a{text-decoration:none}ˈɑu̯rɑ] ist eine Gemeinde in Südwestfinnland. Aura liegt im inneren des Dreiecks aufgespannt von den finnischen Großstädten Helsinki, Tampere und Turku, wobei sich die letztgenannte lediglich 30 km südwestlich befindet. Nach Tampere sind es rund 125 Kilometer, nach Helsinki 160 km. Der Name der Gemeinde leitet sich von dem durch ihr Gebiet fließenden Fluss Aurajoki ab, wobei das Wort aura im Finnischen Pflug bedeutet.

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- [en] Aura, Finland

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[ru] Аура (Финляндия)

А́ура (фин. Aura) — город в провинции Исконная Финляндия в губернии Западная Финляндия.

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