Vaala

Vaala

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 population was 3,751 as of 2004. The municipality covers an area of 1,765 km² of which 446 km² is water. The population density is 2.8 inhabitants per 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.

External links

* [http://www.vaala.fi/ Official website of Vaala municipality]


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