Harjavalta

Harjavalta is an industrial town of about 6,500 people on the Kokemäki river, 29 km southeast of Pori, sitting on Highway 2 and the Tampere–Pori railway. It is Finland's centre for copper and nickel smelting: the flash smelting method, now the world's most widely used metal-recovery process, was developed here and put into use in 1949. The copper works, now owned by Boliden, and the nickel works, now owned by Norilsk Nickel, remain the town's economic core.

By Road

Harjavalta sits directly on Highway 2, which connects it to Pori and inland Satakunta, and on the Tampere–Pori railway.

The Emil Cedercreutz Museum, hosting exhibitions and events tied to local art and heritage, is Harjavalta's cultural landmark, alongside the industrial landscape of the Boliden copper works on the Kokemäki river.

Kokemäki, downstream along the river, and Pori, about 29 km northwest, are the nearest larger towns.