Valkeakoski
Valkeakoski | |
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Toun | |
| Valkeakosken kaupunki | |
 Sääksmäki Kirk in Valkeakoski | |
 Coat airms | |
 Location o Valkeakoski in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 61°16′N 024°02′E / 61.267°N 24.033°ECoordinates: 61°16′N 024°02′E / 61.267°N 24.033°E | |
| Kintra |  Finland |
| Region | Pirkanmaa |
| Sub-region | Soothren Pirkanmaa sub-region |
| Chairter | 1923 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Toun manager | Markku Auvinen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 372.03 km2 (143.64 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 271.98 km2 (105.01 sq mi) |
| • Water | 100.06 km2 (38.63 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 240t lairgest in Finland |
| Population (2019-01-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 21,135 |
| • Rank | 53rd lairgest in Finland |
| • Density | 77.71/km2 (201.3/sq mi) |
| Population bi native leid | |
| • Finnish | 98.1% (offeecial) |
| • Swadish | 0.2% |
| • Ithers | 1.6% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 tae 14 | 16% |
| • 15 tae 64 | 64.4% |
| • 65 or aulder | 19.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 18.75% |
| Website | www.valkeakoski.fi |
Valkeakoski (lit. white rapids) is a toun an municipality in Finland.
Valkeakoski is locatit 35 kilometre (22 mi) sooth o Tampere an 150 km (93 mi) north o Helsinki in the province o Wastren Finland an is pairt o the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality haes a population o 21,135 (31 Januar 2019)[2] an covers an aurie o 372.03 square kilometre (143.64 sq mi) o which 100.06 km2 (38.63 sq mi) is watter.[1] The population densitie is 77.71 inhabitants per square kilometre (201.3/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Valkeakoski is best kent for its paper industry an domestically heichlie successfu fitbaa team, FC Haka.
The toun an the paper industry hae baith grown bi the Valkeakoski rapids atween the lake Mallasvesi in the north an the lake Vanajavesi in the sooth.
History[eedit | eedit soorce]
The Valkeakoski aurie is kent tae hae been inhabitit syne the iron age. Mair nor a thoosan years ago, the ridges on the aurie served as a foondation o the Rapola fort. In the follaein middle ages, the mill toun Sääksmäki wis the centre o the aurie. Housomeivver, industrialization towards the end o the 19t century increased the importance o wha became the contemporary toun o Valkeakoski. The channel o Valkeakoski wis opened in 1869, an the first paper mill wis completit in 1873, markin the beginnin o a continuin tradeetion o forest industry. The municipality o Sääksmäki, frae which the toun o Valkeakoski wis detached in 1923 wis consolidatit wi Valkeakoski in 1973.[6]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 Januar 2018.
- ↑ a b "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 Mairch 2019.
- ↑ "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 Mairch 2009.
- ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 Apryle 2009.
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 Mairch 2011.
- ↑ History of Valkeakoski Archived 2017-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
Gallery[eedit | eedit soorce]
Tehtaan kenttä – the fitbaa stadium in Valkeakoski, Finland, home o the fitbaa team FC Haka Valkeakoski
Valtakatu, the main shoppin street o Valkeakoski
dountoun Valkeakoski
Factories in Valkeakoski
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
Media relatit tae Valkeakoski at Wikimedia Commons
- Toun o Valkeakoski Archived 2017-10-22 at the Wayback Machine – Offeecial steid
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