Vaala
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Vaala | ||
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Municipality | ||
Vaalan kunta | ||
Mist rising from Oulujoki river in Vaala
Mist rising from Oulujoki river in Vaala
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Location of Vaala in Finland Location of Vaala in Finland |
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Country | Finland | |
Region | Northern Ostrobothnia | |
Sub-region | Oulu Arc sub-region | |
Charter | 1954 | |
Government | ||
• Municipality manager | Tytti Seppänen | |
Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
• Total | 1,763.95 km2 (681.06 sq mi) | |
• Land | 1,302.50 km2 (502.90 sq mi) | |
• Water | 461.45 km2 (178.17 sq mi) | |
Area rank | 53rd largest in Finland | |
Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
• Total | 3,069 | |
• Rank | 238th largest in Finland | |
• Density | 2.36/km2 (6.1/sq mi) | |
Population by native language[3] | ||
• Finnish | 99.3% (official) | |
• Swedish | 0.1% | |
• Others | 0.6% | |
Population by age[4] | ||
• 0 to 14 | 15.5% | |
• 15 to 64 | 59.3% | |
• 65 or older | 25.2% | |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
Municipal tax rate[5] | 21% | |
Urbanisation | 40.9% | |
Unemployment rate | 20.6% | |
Website | www |
Vaala is a municipality in Finland. It is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. Established in 1954 (predecessor municipality Säräisniemi, established in 1867), the municipality has a population of 3,069 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 1,763.95 square kilometres (681.06 sq mi) of which 461.45 km2 (178.17 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 2.36 inhabitants per square kilometre (6.1/sq mi). Previously Vaala was part of the Kainuu region but was transferred to Northern Ostrobothnia on 1 January 2016.[6]
Oulujärvi, the fourth largest lake of Finland is located partly in Vaala.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Vaala is also an old Finnish word, which means the phase in a river just before rapids.
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External links
- Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Vaala – Official website
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