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 .
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Harjavalta
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- 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
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- Country
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- Region
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- Satakunta
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- Sub-region
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- Pori
- Settlement.leader_title
- Town manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Hannu Kuusela
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
- Settlement.established_date
- 1869
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- Market town
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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 .
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.
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