Vaala

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 2,859 (31 January 2019)[2] and covers an area of 1,764.04 square kilometres (681.10 sq mi) of which 461.45 km2 (178.17 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 2.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.7/sq mi). Previously Vaala was part of the Kainuu region but was transferred to Northern Ostrobothnia on 1 January 2016.[6]

This article is about the municipality. For the district, see Vaala, Turku.
Vaala
Municipality
Vaalan kunta
Vaala kommun
Mist rising from Oulujoki river in Vaala
Coat of arms
Location of Vaala in Finland
Coordinates: 64°33′N 026°50′E
Country Finland
RegionNorth Ostrobothnia
Sub-regionOulu Arc sub-region
Charter1954
Government
 • Municipality managerTytti Seppänen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total1,764.04 km2 (681.10 sq mi)
 • Land1,302.50 km2 (502.90 sq mi)
 • Water461.45 km2 (178.17 sq mi)
Area rank54th largest in Finland
Population
 (2019-01-31)[2]
 • Total2,859
 • Rank228th largest in Finland
 • Density2.2/km2 (6/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish99.3% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others0.6%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1415.5%
 • 15 to 6459.3%
 • 65 or older25.2%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]21%
Unemployment rate20.6%
Websitewww.vaala.fi

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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References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  3. "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. "Vaala siirtyy Kainuusta Pohjois-Pohjanmaahan vuoden 2016 alusta" (in Finnish). Helsinki: Ministry of Finance. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.


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