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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 .

Key facts

Settlement.name
Harjavalta
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
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Harjavalta - RHO20496-6 (musketti.M012-RHO20496-6).jpg
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Harjavalta Church
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Harjavalta.vaakuna.svg
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120x80px
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Harjavalta sijainti Suomi.svg
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Location of Harjavalta in Finland
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Satakunta
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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

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

Etusivu - Harjavallan kaupunki

Vahva ja rohkea

harjavalta.fi

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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • 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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