Vaala

Article summary

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 ( ) and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Previously Vaala was part of the Kainuu region but was transferred to Northern Ostrobothnia on 1 January 2016. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Half of Oulujärvi, the fifth largest lake of Finland is located in Vaala. Vaala is also an old Finnish word, which means the phase in a river just before rapids. Google is planning a data center to be located in Vaala.

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1959 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of establishment: 1954 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378248171