the year of birth of the municipality of Harjavalta. The first store in Harjavalta was founded in a church village in 1874. A second store soon opened in the village of Merstola. The most important sales products were salt, coffee and sugar, but the selections also included fabrics, wheat flour, licorice and tobacco. The first school building was acquired in 1885, when the municipality bought the Kreetala farm, the main building of which became Harjavalta's first folk school. Politics Results of the 2019 Finnish parliamentary election in Harjavalta: Social Democratic Party 29.3% Finns Party 19.6% Left Alliance 17.1% National Coalition Party 12.3% Centre Party 12.2% Christian Democrats 4.4% Green League 4.3% Transport Harjavalta is served by OnniBus.com route Helsinki—Pori. Town twinning Harjavalta is twinned with: Boksitogorsk, Leningrad Oblast, Russia See also Finnish national road 2 References External links Town of Harjavalta – Official website Cities and towns in Finland Municipalities of Satakunta Populated places established in 1869 1869 establishments in the Russian Empire