Alavieska

Alavieska [ ɑlɑviɛskɑ ] is a municipality in northwestern Finland. It is located on the lower reaches of the river Kalajoki around 140 km south of the provincial capital of Oulu and 530 km north of Helsinki.

Community

The community Alavieska was founded in 1879 and in addition to the eponymous main town includes the villages Kähtävä, Someronkylä, Taluskylä, Ylikääntä, Jukulainen and Saarenkylä. As the whole region is Alavieska agricultural.

Coat of arms

Description of coat of arms: In a blue shield are two crossed silver with golden scythes outwardly facing blade.

Attractions

The most striking building in Alavieska is the built in 1948 Protestant parish church. Your 1733-38 erbauter predecessor was destroyed in a fire in 1916; Only the bell tower built in 1738 was preserved and integrated into the churchyard of the new building.

Policy

The dominant political force in the rural Alavieska is the Centre Party. In the local elections 2008, she received three-quarters of the votes and thus achieved one of its finland far best results. The council puts 17 of 21 deputies. Three seats were able to gain the right-wing populist " True Finns ", one the Left Alliance. The two Finnish popular parties in addition to the Centre Party, however, play in Alavieska hardly matters: the National Coalition Party failed with a vote of only 3.6 % of the vote on the way into the council, while the Social Democrats competed not only.

Community partnerships Alavieska maintains partnerships with the following towns:

  • Avesta (Sweden), since 1955
  • Armavir (Russia), 1989
  • Luunja (Estonia), since 1990
Ylivieska sub-region List of municipalities of Finland in which Finnish is not the sole official language Municipalities of Finland Kalajoki River Twin towns and sister cities Luunja Parish Haapavesi Hailuoto Kempele Kuusamo Lumijoki Muhos Nivala Oulainen Sievi Siikajoki Siikalatva Taivalkoski Ylivieska
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