Former Finnish municipality
Location of Kälviä in Finland
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 682.36 km2 (263.46 sq mi) of which 14.68 km2 (5.67 sq mi) was water. The population density was 6.6 inhabitants per square kilometer (17 inhabitants/sq mi).
The Coat of Arms of Kälviä
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
Asser Stenbäck [fi ] , doctor and politician
Esa Riippa [fi ] , print-maker
Ilkka Uusitalo [fi ] , diplomat
Kauno Kleemola , politician
Lars Sonck , architect
Lucina Hagman , teacher and Member of the Parliament of Finland
Matti Korkiala [fi ] , pop singer
Odert W. Renell [fi ] , architect
Raimo Kero [fi ] , singer
Viljo Elomaa [fi ] , athlete
Väinö Siirilä [fi ] , playwright[citation needed ]
References
External links
Media related to Kälviä at Wikimedia Commons
Municipalities Former municipalities
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