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| Vaala | |||
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| Country |  Finland |
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| Province | Oulu Province | ||
| Region | Kainuu | ||
| Sub-region | Kajaani sub-region | ||
| Charter | 1954 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Municipality manager | Veikko Tossavainen | ||
| Area (2008-01-01)1 | |||
| - Total | 1,763.92 km2 (681.1 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 1,302.5 km2 (502.9 sq mi) | ||
| - Water | 461.42 km2 (178.2 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2008-11-30)2 | |||
| - Total | 3,472 | ||
| - Density | 2.67/km2 (6.9/sq mi) | ||
| Population by native language 3 | |||
| - Finnish | 99.4% (official) | ||
| - Swedish | 0.1% | ||
| - Others | 0.5% | ||
| Population by age 4 | |||
| - 0 to 14 | 16% | ||
| - 15 to 64 | 59.4% | ||
| - 65 or older | 24.6% | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Municipal tax rate5 | 20.5% | ||
| Urbanisation | 40.9 % | ||
| Unemployment rate | 20.6 % | ||
| Website: www.vaala.fi | |||
For the district of Turku, see Vaala, Turku.
Vaala is a municipality in Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu, Kainuu region. Established in 1954 (predecessor municipality Säräisniemi, established in 1867), the municipality has a population of 3,472 (30 November 2008) and the municipality covers an area of 1,763.92 square kilometres (681.05 sq mi) (excluding sea areas) of which 461.42 square kilometres (178.16 sq mi) is inland water (2008-01-01). The population density is 2.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.0 /sq mi) (30 November 2008).
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.
Reference
- ^ Land Survey of Finland
- ^ Population Register Center of Finland
- ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Helsinki: Statistics Finland (2007-12-31). Retrieved on 2009-01-04.
- ^ Statistics Finland
- ^ Tax Administration of Finland
External links
Media related to Vaala at Wikimedia Commons- Official website of Vaala municipality
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