Aura, Finland
Aura [ ɑu̯rɑ ] is a municipality in south-western Finland. Aura is located inside the triangle spanned by the major cities of Finland Helsinki, Tampere and Turku, where the latter is only 30 km south-west. After Tampere is around 125 km, 160 km to Helsinki. The name of the village derives from the flowing through its territory Aurajoki River, with the word aura in Finnish plow means.
History
The municipality aura was officially founded shortly after the Finnish independence in 1917. The area was separated from the communities Pöytyä and Lieto and merged. Prunkkala, one of the two founding parts, was founded in 1639 as part of church community and simultaneously with the onset of aura as a parish independent. For a long time, agriculture was the only livelihood and the rural community until in the 1720s a sawmill was built at the waterfall Kuukoski the river Aurajoki. In 1764, the second oldest Finnish paper mill was established in the community part Järvenoja, but in 1820 gave up its operation. End of the 19th century also made the sawmill its operation. In the 1930s placed the resident in Aura Leather Factory is a nationwide company dar. In the two decades from 1975 to 1995 the population of the municipality had grown by 44%.
Attractions
Nature
The territory of the municipality aura is characterized by the current flowing through it Aurajoki River. On its shores Stone Age excavations were made and he still serves today as the largest tourist attraction. In particular, canoe trips are offered as a leisure activity. There are also numerous hiking trails through the cultural landscape of the Aurajoki.
Museums
In the municipality of aura, there are three museums. The Veräjänkorvan Museum was founded in 1971 and is a private museum around 3000 furnishings from different decades. In the summer café Prunkkalan Poikettava, one built in 1816, wood house, his 1992 painting, handicrafts and other art objects are exhibited. The Koskipirtti yes Museotalo in a former dairy dating historical items that reports on the life and work way past years.
Sons and daughters
- Mikko Eloranta (born 1972 ), ice hockey player
- Pekka Päivärinta (* 1949), Athlete