Place:Vaala, Kainuu, Oulu, Finland

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NameVaala
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates64.583°N 26.833°E
Located inKainuu, Oulu, Finland
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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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[1] and covers an area of of which is water.[2] The population density is . Previously Vaala was part of the Kainuu region but was transferred to Northern Ostrobothnia on 1 January 2016.[3]

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.

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