Valkeala

Valkeala [ vɑlkɛɑlɑ ] is a former municipality in the south of Finland and is now a part of the city of Kouvola.

Valkeala is north of the Kymi landscape in southern Finland. The municipality had a population of Valkeala last 11,656 and included a vast area of 1003.7 km ². The area of Valkeala is rural and rich in lakes: in the former municipality, there are 246 lakes of more than two hectares in size, there are a total of just under 15 % of the area of waters. For the former municipality also includes a part of the Repovesi National Park.

Valkeala 1614 to a chapel community of Iitti, then in 1640 into an independent parish. The beginning of 2009 Valkeala was incorporated along with Anjalankoski, Kuusankoski, Jaalah and Elimäki in the city of Kouvola.

Sons and daughters

  • Arvo Askola (1909-1975), long-distance runner
  • Eino Rastas (1894-1965), long-distance runner

Sources

60.9526.8Koordinaten: 60 ° 57 'N, 26 ° 48 ' E

  • Former municipality in Finland
  • Kouvola
  • Former church in Kymi
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