Kälviä () is a former municipality of

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. Kälviä was consolidated with the city of Kokkola on 1 January 2009. It is located in the

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of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia

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. The former municipality had a population of 4,475 (2003) and covered an area of of which was water. The

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was . The former municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Villages

Honkimaa, Jatkojoki, Jokikylä, Karhulahti, Kleemola, Kälviä, Miekkoja, Nissi, Passoja, Peitso, Peltokorpi, Porkola, Riippa, Ridankylä, Rimpilä, Ruotsalo, Vuollet, Välikylä, Rita. Distances: : Kokkola center: 16 km : Oulu: 161 km :

Vaasa Vaasa (; , ), formerly (1855-1917) known as Nikolaistad (; ),Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

: 419 km :

Tampere Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Tampere is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous mu ...

: 270 km :

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: 386 km :Rovaniemi: 407 km

Notable individuals

* , doctor and politician * , print-maker * , diplomat * Kauno Kleemola, politician * Lars Sonck, architect * Lucina Hagman, teacher and Member of the

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* , pop singer * , architect * , singer * , athlete * , playwright

References

External links

2009 disestablishments in Finland Former municipalities of Finland Kokkola Populated places disestablished in 2009 {{WesternFinland-geo-stub