Kylmäkoski (; literally meaning "cold rapids") is a former municipality of

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bot ...

. It was consolidated with the town of

Akaa Akaa ( sv, Ackas) is a town and a municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland. It was created on January 1, 2007 when the town of Toijala and the municipality of Viiala were united into a single town. The municipality of Kylmäkoski was consolidated w ...

on 1 January 2011. It was located in the Pirkanmaa

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. The municipality had a population of 2,610 (31 October 2010) and covered a land area of . At the end of 2011, the

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of Kylmäkoski had 674 inhabitants. The

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was . The municipality was unilingually Finnish. The

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of Kylmäkoski was designed by Kaj Kajander and confirmed in 1965. In the 1980s, oven-baked

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and horseradish

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were named Kylmäkoski's traditional parish dishes. The Kylmäkoski Prison (''Kylmäkosken vankila'') is located in the Tipuri's industrial area.

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Municipality of Kylmäkoski
– Official website Akaa Former municipalities of Finland Populated places established in 1895 Populated places disestablished in 2011 1895 establishments in the Russian Empire {{WesternFinland-geo-stub

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