Vaala
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Vaala () is a municipality in Finland. It is located in the North Ostrobothnia region. Established in 1954 (predecessor municipality Säräisniemi, established in 1867), the municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Previously Vaala was part of the Kainuu region but was transferred to Northern Ostrobothnia on 1 January 2016.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Vaala
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Vaalankurkku railway bridge.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Mist rising from Oulujoki river in Vaala
- Settlement.image_shield
- Vaala.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Vaala sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Vaala in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- North Ostrobothnia
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Oulunkaari
- Settlement.seat
- Säräisniemi (1865–1954)Vaala (1954–)
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipality manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Tytti Seppänen
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
- Settlement.established_date
- 1954
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Finland
- Official name
- Vaala
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Kajaani sub-region
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 2589
- Area
- 1763.57
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Utajärvi
- Legal form
- municipality of Finland
- Official website
- www.vaala.fi/in-english
- Image
- Säräisniemi church in Vaala.JPG
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- Commons category
- Vaala
- topic's main category
- Category:Vaala
- different from
- Vaala
- inception
- 1865-00-00
- native label
- Vaala
- associated electoral district
- Oulu
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Oulunkaari
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=785
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Climate
- Dialect
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Vaala () is a municipality in Finland. It is located in the North Ostrobothnia region. Established in 1954 (predecessor municipality Säräisniemi, established in 1867), the municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Previously Vaala was part of the Kainuu region but was transferred to Northern Ostrobothnia on 1 January 2016.
Half of Oulujärvi, the fifth largest lake of Finland is located in Vaala.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vaala” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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