Vaala
Encyclopedia
Vaala is a municipality in Finland
. It is located in the Kainuu
region
. Established in 1954 (predecessor municipality Säräisniemi, established in 1867), the municipality has a population of
and covers an area of km2 of
which km2
is water. The population density
is
PD/km2.
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.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. It is located in the Kainuu
Kainuu
Kainuu is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Northern Ostrobothnia, North Karelia and Northern Savonia. In the east it also borders Russia. Kainuu is known in the ancient Norse sagas as Kvenland....
region
Regions of Finland
Finland consists of 19 regions called in Finnish and in Swedish. The regions are governed by regional councils, which serve as forums of cooperation for the municipalities of a region. The main tasks of the regions are regional planning and development of enterprise and education. In addition,...
. Established in 1954 (predecessor municipality Säräisniemi, established in 1867), the municipality has a population of
and covers an area of km2 of
which km2
is water. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
is
PD/km2.
Oulujärvi
Oulujärvi
Oulujärvi is a lake in Finland located in the Oulu Province. With the area of it is the fifth largest lake in the country. The lake drained by the Oulu River, which flows northwestward from the lake to the Gulf of Bothnia. Its nickname is the "Kainuu sea", and it is surrounded by three...
, the fourth largest lake of Finland is located partly in Vaala.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish
Finnish language
Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
.
Vaala is also an old Finnish word, which means the phase in a river just before rapids.
External links
- Municipality of Vaala – Official website