Vaala

Vaala is a municipality in Finland. It is located in the North Ostrobothnia region. Established in 1954 (predecessor municipality Säräisniemi, established in 1867), the municipality has a population of 2,672 (31 December 2021)[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 2.05 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.3/sq mi). Previously Vaala was part of the Kainuu region but was transferred to Northern Ostrobothnia on 1 January 2016.[6]

This article is about the municipality. For the district, see Vaala, Turku.
Vaala
Municipality
Vaalan kunta
Vaala kommun
Mist rising from Oulujoki river in Vaala
Coat of arms
Location of Vaala in Finland
Coordinates: 64°33′N 026°50′E
Country Finland
RegionNorth Ostrobothnia
Sub-regionOulu Arc
Charter1954
Government
 • Municipality managerTytti Seppänen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total1,764.04 km2 (681.10 sq mi)
 • Land1,302.50 km2 (502.90 sq mi)
 • Water461.45 km2 (178.17 sq mi)
 • Rank54th largest in Finland
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total2,672
 • Rank230th largest in Finland
 • Density2.05/km2 (5.3/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish99.3% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others0.6%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1411.1%
 • 15 to 6451.4%
 • 65 or older37.4%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]21.5%
Websitewww.vaala.fi

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.

Notable people

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M12*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  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 (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  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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