Eura

Eura
Municipality
Euran kunta Eura kommun
Biolan headquarters in Eura
Coat of arms
Location of Eura in Finland
Interactive map of Eura
Coordinates: 61°08′N 022°08′E / 61.133°N 22.133°E / 61.133; 22.133
Country	Finland
Region	Satakunta
Sub-region	Rauma
First records	1445
Charter	1866
Government
• Municipality manager	Kari Kankaanranta
Area (2018-01-01)^[1]
• Total	630.20 km² (243.32 sq mi)
• Land	578.88 km² (223.51 sq mi)
• Water	51.33 km² (19.82 sq mi)
• Rank	146th largest in Finland
Population (2025-12-31)^[2]
• Total	11,005
• Rank	89th largest in Finland
• Density	19.01/km² (49.2/sq mi)
Population by native language ^[2]
• Finnish	94.8% (official)
• Swedish	0.2%
• Others	5%
Population by age ^[3]
• 0 to 14	15.2%
• 15 to 64	56.4%
• 65 or older	28.4%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Climate	Dfc
Website	www.eura.fi

Eura (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈeu̯rɑ]) 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 11,005 (31 December 2025)^[2] and covers an area of 630.20 square kilometres (243.32 sq mi) of which 51.33 km² (19.82 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 19.01 inhabitants per square kilometre (49.2/sq mi).

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.^[4]