Valkeakoski
| Valkeakoski | |||
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| Valkeakosken kaupunki | |||
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| Coordinates: 61°16′N 024°02′E / 61.267°N 24.033°ECoordinates: 61°16′N 024°02′E / 61.267°N 24.033°E | |||
| Country | Finland | ||
| Region | Pirkanmaa | ||
| Sub-region | Southern Pirkanmaa sub-region | ||
| Charter | 1923 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Town manager | Markku Auvinen | ||
| Area(2011-01-01)[1] | |||
| • Total | 372.04 km2 (143.65 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 271.98 km2 (105.01 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 100.06 km2 (38.63 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 256th largest in Finland | ||
| Population (2012-01-31)[2] | |||
| • Total | 21,043 | ||
| • Rank | 52nd largest in Finland | ||
| • Density | 77.37/km2 (200.4/sq mi) | ||
| Population by native language[3] | |||
| • Finnish | 98.1% (official) | ||
| • Swedish | 0.2% | ||
| • Others | 1.6% | ||
| Population by age[4] | |||
| • 0 to 14 | 16% | ||
| • 15 to 64 | 64.4% | ||
| • 65 or older | 19.6% | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 18.75% | ||
| Website | www.valkeakoski.fi | ||
Valkeakoski (lit. white rapids) is a town and municipality in Finland.
Valkeakoski is located 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Tampere and 150 km (93 mi) north of Helsinki in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 21,043 (31 January 2012)[2] and covers an area of 372.04 square kilometres (143.65 sq mi) of which 100.06 km2 (38.63 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 77.37 inhabitants per square kilometre (200.4 /sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Valkeakoski is best known for its paper industry and domestically highly successful football team, FC Haka.
The town and the paper industry have both grown by the Valkeakoski rapids between the lake Mallasvesi in the north and the lake Vanajavesi in the south.
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[edit] History
The Valkeakoski area is known to have been inhabited since the iron age. More than a thousand years ago, the ridges on the area served as a foundation of the Rapola fort. In the following middle ages, the mill town Sääksmäki was the center of the area. However, industrialization towards the end of the 19th century increased the importance of what became the contemporary town of Valkeakoski. The channel of Valkeakoski was opened in 1869, and the first paper mill was completed in 1873, marking the beginning of a continuing tradition of forest industry. The municipality of Sääksmäki, from which the town of Valkeakoski was detached in 1923 was consolidated with Valkeakoski in 1973.[6]
[edit] Notable persons from Valkeakoski
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta-alat_2011_kunnannimenmukaan.xls. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 January 2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=5919&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=7996;193801. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ History of Valkeakoski
[edit] Gallery
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Tehtaan kenttä – the football stadium in Valkeakoski, Finland, home of the football team FC Haka Valkeakoski
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Valtakatu, the main shopping street of Valkeakoski
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downtown Valkeakoski
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Factories in Valkeakoski
[edit] External links
Media related to Valkeakoski at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Valkeakoski – Official site
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