Jaala | |
Settlement Type: | Former municipality |
Official Name: | Finnish: Jaalan kunta Swedish: Jaala kommun |
Pushpin Map: | Finland |
Pushpin Label Position: | above |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 240 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Finland |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Finland |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 563.06 |
Area Water Km2: | 129.89 |
Population As Of: | 2003 |
Population Total: | 1906 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 61.05°N 26.4819°W |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Dfc |
Jaala is a former municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region.[1] The municipality had a population of 1,906 (2003) and covered an area of 563.06 km² of which 129.89 km² was water. The population density was 3.4 inhabitants per km².
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
In 2009, the six municipalities of Kouvola, Kuusankoski, Elimäki, Anjalankoski, Valkeala and Jaala were consolidated to form a new municipality named Kouvola, which, with a population of over 80,000, became the tenth largest city in Finland.