Vaala
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| Vaala | ||
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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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