- Valkeakoski
Valkeakoski (lit. white rapids) is a town and municipality of
Finland .Valkeakoski is located 35 km south from
Tampere , 150 km north fromHelsinki in the province ofWestern Finland and is part of thePirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 20,472 (2004 ) and covers an area of 371.72 km2 of which 98.76 km² is water. Thepopulation density is 75.0 inhabitants per km².The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Valkeakoski is best known for its paper industry and domestically highly successful football team,
FC Haka .Notable persons from Valkeakoski
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Veikko Hakulinen
*Mika Kallio
*Pentti Linkola
*Iiris Sihvonen
*Emil Wikström External links
* [http://www.valkeakoski.fi/portal/english/ Valkeakoski] - Official site
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