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Harjavalta

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 .

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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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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.