Vaala 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 2,574 (31 October 2024) and covers an area of 1,764.04 square kilometres (681.10 sq mi) of which 461.45 km (178.17 sq mi) is water. The population density is 1.98 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.1/sq mi). Previously Vaala was part of the Kainuu region but was transferred to Northern Ostrobothnia on 1 January 2016.
5-520: 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. 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
10-410: 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
15-565: Is a large lake in the Kainuu region of Finland. It is also historically known as Lake Cajania from a former name of Kainuu. With an area of 928 square kilometres (358 sq mi) it is the fifth largest lake in the country. The lake is drained by the Oulu River , which flows northwestward from the lake into the Gulf of Bothnia . Its nickname is the " Kainuu Sea ", and it is bordered by
20-546: The large Liminka parish. 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 . Säräisniemi acquired its own church under Paltamo in 1779 and became
25-494: The process. Vaala was transferred from Kainuu to North Ostrobothnia in 2016. Vaala is located on the border between the Northern Ostrobothnian and Savonian ( Kainuu ) dialects. This Oulu Province location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ouluj%C3%A4rvi Oulujärvi ( Finnish: [ˈou̯luˌjærʋi] ) or Lake Oulu or Ule ( Swedish : Ule träsk ),
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