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Valkeakoski
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Valkeakoski (lit. white rapids) is a toun an municipality in Finland.
Valkeakoski | |
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Toun | |
Valkeakosken kaupunki | |
![]() Sääksmäki Kirk in Valkeakoski | |
![]() Location o Valkeakoski in Finland | |
Coordinates: 61°16′N 024°02′E | |
Kintra | ![]() |
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 | 7,001,981,000,000,000,000♠98.1% (offeecial) |
• Swadish | 6,999,200,000,000,000,000♠0.2% |
• Ithers | 7,000,160,000,000,000,000♠1.6% |
Population by age | |
• 0 tae 14 | 7,001,160,000,000,000,000♠16% |
• 15 tae 64 | 7,001,644,000,000,000,000♠64.4% |
• 65 or aulder | 7,001,196,000,000,000,000♠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.