- Valkeala
Valkeala is a municipality of
Finland .It is located in the province of
Southern Finland , near the city ofKouvola , and it is a part of theKymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of 11,238 (2003 ) and covers an area of 1,004.40 km² of which 143.47 km² is water. Thepopulation density is 13.1 inhabitants per km².In the Valkeala region there is the lake "Vekaranjärvi" near which the
Karelia Brigade is located.Valkeala is famous for
Repovesi National Park .The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
As of 2009, the six municipalities - Kouvola, Kuusankoski, Elimäki, Anjalankoski, Valkeala and Jaala - will be merged, accounting for the new municipality of Kouvola with a population of over 80 000, being the 10th largest city in Finland.
External links
* [http://www.valkeala.fi/english/ Valkeala webpage]
* [http://www.valkeala.fi/luonto.html Flash animation about nature in Valkeala]
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