Vaala
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Vaala (Template:IPA) is a municipality in Finland. It is located in the North Ostrobothnia region. Established in 1954 (predecessor municipality Säräisniemi, established in 1867), the municipality has a population of Template:Data Finland municipality/population count ({{#time: j F Y|Template:Data Finland municipality/population count }})<ref name="population_count" /> and covers an area of Template:Convert of which Template:Convert is water.<ref name="total_area" /> The population density is Template:Convert. Previously Vaala was part of the Kainuu region but was transferred to Northern Ostrobothnia on 1 January 2016.<ref name="vm_20150205" />
Half of Oulujärvi, the fifth largest lake of Finland is located in Vaala.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Vaala is also an old Finnish word, which means the phase in a river just before rapids.
History
The original center of the area was Manamansalo, the largest island in the Oulujärvi with a village by the same name. Both it and Säräisniemi were first mentioned in 1555 when they were parts of the large Liminka parish.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The parish of Oulujärvi, covering all of Kainuu with its center in Manamansalo, was separated from Liminka in 1559, but merged back into Liminka in the 1580s after Russians raided the island. In 1599, the area became a parish again, this time with its center in Paltaniemi, due to which the parish was now known as Paltamo.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Säräisniemi acquired its own church under Paltamo in 1779 and became a separate parish and municipality in 1864. Vuolijoki was separated from Säräisniemi as a parish in 1896 and as a municipality in 1915. Some parts of Kajaanin maalaiskunta were also used in the municipality's formation. The village of Vaala was transferred from Utajärvi to Säräisniemi in 1954, becoming the new administrative center of the municipality. The municipality itself was also renamed Vaala in the process.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Vaala was transferred from Kainuu to North Ostrobothnia in 2016.
Climate
Dialect
Vaala is located on the border between the Northern Ostrobothnian and Savonian (Kainuu) dialects.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Notable people
- Anne Huotari (born 1959)
- Maustetytöt, band
- Tytti Seppänen (born 1980)
See also
References
External links
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- Municipality of Vaala – Official website
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