Kälviä Explained

Kälviä (sv|Kelviå) is a former municipality of Finland. Kälviä was consolidated with the city of Kokkola on 1 January 2009.^[1]

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The former municipality had a population of 4,475 (2003) and covered an area of 682.36km2 of which 14.68km2 was water. The population density was 6.6/km2.The former municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Villages

Honkimaa, Jatkojoki, Jokikylä, Karhulahti, Kleemola, Kälviä, Miekkoja, Nissi, Passoja, Peitso, Peltokorpi, Porkola, Riippa, Ridankylä, Rimpilä, Ruotsalo, Vuollet, Välikylä, Rita.

Distances:

Kokkola center: 16 km

Oulu

161 km

Vaasa

125 km

Helsinki

419 km

Tampere

270 km

Turku

386 km

Rovaniemi: 407 km

Notable individuals

• , doctor and politician
• , print-maker
• , diplomat
• Kauno Kleemola, politician
• Lars Sonck, architect
• Lucina Hagman, teacher and Member of the Parliament of Finland
• , pop singer
• , architect
• , singer
• , athlete
• , playwright

External links

63.8611°N 23.4528°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Story of Kokkola . Kokkola . 2 January 2021 . 2 November 2024.