Valkeakoski
Valkeakoski (lit. white rapids) is a toun an municipality in Finland.
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 (2023-02-28)[2] | |
| • Total | 20,732 |
| • Rank | 51st lairgest in Finland |
| • Density | 76.23/km2 (197.4/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) |
| Website | www.valkeakoski.fi |
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 20,732 (28 Februar 2023)[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 76.23 inhabitants per square kilometre (197.4/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
eeditThe 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- ↑ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 Januar 2018.
- ↑ a b "Preliminar population structur bi aurie, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 Apryle 2023.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Admeenistration o Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 Mey 2023.
- ↑ History of Valkeakoski Archived 2017-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
Gallery
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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
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Media relatit tae Valkeakoski at Wikimedia Commons
- Toun o Valkeakoski Archived 2017-10-22 at the Wayback Machine – Offeecial steid