Kälviä Explained

Kälviä (Swedish: Kelviå) is a former municipality of Finland. Kälviä was consolidated with the city of Kokkola on Jan 1, 2009.

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

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