page_title: Harjavalta
section_title: Politics
hierarchical_section_title: Harjavalta / Politics
caption_attribution_description: English: Harjavalta town hall.Suomi: Harjavallan kaupungintalo.
context_page_description: Harjavalta is a town and municipality of Finland.
  It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The town has a population of 7,006 and covers an area of 127.74 square kilometres of which 4.28 km² is water. The population density is 56.75 inhabitants per square kilometre.
  Today people in the town are employed in the 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 copper business is now owned by Boliden and the nickel business by Norilsk Nickel.
  Hiittenharju is a ridge in Harjavalta, known for its archaeology and cultural history. The banks of the ancient Litorina Sea lies on the fringes of the Hiittenharju ridge. In the Hiittenharju area Bronze Age graves, called barrows, have been discovered, and there is also a historical route called Huovintie running through Hiittenharju.
  The river Kokemäenjoki river runs through the town.
  The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
context_section_description: Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Harjavalta:
  Social Democratic Party   27.1%
  True Finns   21.2%
  Left Alliance   19.9%
  National Coalition Party   15.7%
  Centre Party   9.9%
  Christian Democrats   3.5%
  Green League   2.3%
caption: Town hall of Harjavalta
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