Vaala

Vaala
Municipality
Vaalan kunta
Mist rising from Oulujoki river in Vaala

Coat of arms

Location of Vaala in Finland
Coordinates: 64°33′N 026°50′E / 64.550°N 26.833°E / 64.550; 26.833Coordinates: 64°33′N 026°50′E / 64.550°N 26.833°E / 64.550; 26.833
Country  Finland
Region Northern Ostrobothnia
Sub-region Oulu Arc sub-region
Charter 1954
Government
 • Municipality manager Tytti Seppänen
Area (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total 1,764.04 km2 (681.10 sq mi)
 • Land 1,302.50 km2 (502.90 sq mi)
 • Water 461.45 km2 (178.17 sq mi)
Area rank 54th largest in Finland
Population (2018-08-31)[2]
 • Total 2,911
 • Rank 228th largest in Finland
 • Density 2.23/km2 (5.8/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 UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5] 21%
Urbanisation 40.9%
Unemployment rate 20.6%
Website www.vaala.fi

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 2,911 (31 August 2018)[2] and covers an area of 1,764.04 square kilometres (681.10 sq mi) of which 461.45 km2 (178.17 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 2.23 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.8/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.

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku kuukausittain sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, elokuu 2018" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "Vaala siirtyy Kainuusta Pohjois-Pohjanmaahan vuoden 2016 alusta" (in Finnish). Helsinki: Ministry of Finance. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.


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