Harjavalta
Sign in to saveHarjavalta () is a town and municipality in Finland. It's located in the Satakunta region, southeast of Pori. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including 1869 establishments in Finland, Cities and towns in Finland and Geography articles needing translation from Finnish Wikipedia.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Harjavalta
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Harjavalta - RHO20496-6 (musketti.M012-RHO20496-6).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Harjavalta Church
- Settlement.image_shield
- Harjavalta.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Harjavalta sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Harjavalta in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Satakunta
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Pori
- Settlement.leader_title
- Town manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Hannu Kuusela
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
- Settlement.established_date
- 1869
- Settlement.established_title2
- Market town
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Harjavallan kaupunki
- Population
- 6565
- Area
- 4.26
- Elevation
- 38
- Official website
- www.harjavalta.fi
- Image
- Harjavallan vesivoimalaitos 6.jpg
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- native label
- Harjavalta
- Commons category
- Harjavalta
- inception
- 1869-01-01
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=79
- P12749
- Columbia River
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Transport
- References
- External links
Harjavalta () is a town and municipality in Finland. It's located in the Satakunta region, southeast of Pori. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
Harjavalta is a centre for copper and nickel smelting industries. Today's most used metal recovery method, the flash smelting method, was developed at Harjavalta and implemented in 1949. Originally part of Outokumpu, a Finnish company, the local copper business is now owned by Boliden and the nickel business by Norilsk Nickel.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Harjavalta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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