Aura () is a

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. The name derives from the river

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and the plough (aura in Finnish) reminiscent shape of the municipality. The municipality was established in 1917 from parts of

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and

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. It is part of the Varsinais-Suomi

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. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The

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is . The municipality is unilingually

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Geography

Villages

In 1967, Aura had 23 legally recognized villages ''(henkikirjakylät)'': * Auvainen * Hypöinen * Ihava * Järvenoja * Järykselä * Kaerla * Karviainen * Kinnarla * Kuuskoski * Käetty * Lahto * Laukkaniitty * Leikola * Leinikkala * Leppäkoski * Paimala * Pitkäniitty * Prunkkala * Puho * Seppälä * Sikilä * Simola * Viilaila

Demographics

In 2020, 19.0% of the population of Aura was under the age of 15, 60.2% were aged 15 to 64, and 20.8% were over the age of 65. The average age was 42.0, under the national average of 43.4 and regional average of 44.0. Speakers of

made up 96.8% of the population and speakers of

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made up 0.6%, while the share of speakers of foreign languages was 2.6%. Foreign nationals made up 2.1% of the total population. The chart below, describing the development of the total population of Aura from 1975-2020, encompasses the municipality's area as of 2021.

Urban areas

In 2019, out of the total population of 3,941, 2,705 people lived in

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and 1,166 in sparsely populated areas, while the coordinates of 70 people were unknown. This made Aura's degree of urbanization 69.9%. The urban population in the municipality was divided between two urban areas as follows:

Economy

In 2018, 5.2% of the workforce of Aura worked in primary production (

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and

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), 34.9% in secondary production (e.g.

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and

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), and 57.6% in

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. In 2019, the unemployment rate was 5.7%, and the share of pensioners in the population was 23.7%. (2018 and 2019) The ten largest employers in Aura in 2019 were as follows:

Notes

References

External links

Municipality of Aura
– Official website {{Authority control Populated places established in 1917