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Valkeakoski

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{{Infobox settlement

|name = Valkeakoski

| official_name = {{lang|fi|Valkeakosken kaupunki}}
{{lang|sv|Valkeakoski stad}}

| settlement_type = Town

| image_skyline = Valkeakoski 1.jpg

| imagesize = 250px

| image_caption = Aerial view of Valkeakoski

| image_shield = Valkeakoski.vaakuna.svg

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| map_caption = Location of Valkeakoski in Finland

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Pirkanmaa

| subdivision_type2 = Sub-region

| subdivision_name2 = Southern Pirkanmaa

| leader_title = Town manager

| leader_name = Jukka Varonen

| established_title = Charter

| established_date = 1923

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|utc_offset = +02:00

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| website = {{Url|https://www.valkeakoski.fi/en/}}

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Valkeakoski ({{IPA|fi|ˈʋɑlkeɑˌkoski}}; lit. "white rapids") is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located {{convert|35|km}} south of Tampere, {{convert|45|km|abbr=on}} north of Hämeenlinna and {{convert|150|km|abbr=on}} north of Helsinki in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum:

{{Data Finland municipality/population count|Valkeakoski}}}}

({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}}

}}) and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Valkeakoski}}|km2}} of

which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Valkeakoski}}|km2|abbr=on}}

is water. The population density is

{{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Valkeakoski|round=2}}|PD/km2}}.

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.

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 the forest industry. The municipality of Sääksmäki, from which the town of Valkeakoski was detached in 1923 was consolidated with Valkeakoski in 1973.[http://www.valkeakoski.fi/portal/english/history/ History of Valkeakoski]

Districts, neighborhoods and villages

File:Mallasvesi.jpg

=Countryside and villages=

The entire countryside of Valkeakoski consists mainly of the former Sääksmäki municipality areas.

  • Sääksmäki (consists of Huittula and Ritvala, Kemmola, Mälkiäinen, Haukila, Uskila, Tykölä, Viranmaa, Kasuri / Koivuniemi / Raija, Metsäkansa, Ylenjoki, Konho, Nikkarinhanko / Muti, Rantoo, Yli-Nissi, Kärjenniemi, Vedentaka, Kaapelinkulma, Kannistonmäki, Viuha, Mattila, Vuorentaka, Valto, Paino, Tarttila, Pyörönmaa and Vanhakylä)

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=Districts=

There are 25 districts in what is considered the urban area of Valkeaskoki. These districts are further divided into neighborhoods. The districts and neighborhoods of Valkeakoski are:{{cite web |title=Kaupunginosat|url=http://www.valkeakoski.fi/portal/suomi/asuminen_ja_ymparisto/kaupunginosat/|website=valkeakoski.fi|publisher=Valkeakoski|language=fi|access-date=2019-12-30}}

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  1. 1st district

    • Tervasaari, Myllysaari, Tietola and Tehtaankatu

  2. 2nd district

    • Ydinkeskusta, Tallinmäki and Kerhomaja

  3. 3rd district

    • Kauppilanmäki, Yrjölä and Heikkilä

  4. 4th district

    • Jyräänmäki, Haka-alue, Kaskela, Laiska, Lumikorpi, Naakanrinne, Naakka and Pässinmäki

  5. Antinniemi

  6. Roukko

  7. 7th district

    • Matinmäki, Mäntylä, Roukonperä and Vääräkoivu

  8. Lintula

  9. Kirjasniemi

  10. Ulvajanniemi

  11. 11th district

    • Pohjankorpi and Tyry

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  1. 12th district

    • Juhannusvuori, Kokkola, Naakka, Raikas and Sassi

  2. Jätevedenpuhdistamo

  3. 14th district

    • Raija and Koivuniemi

  4. Sointula

  5. Eerola

  6. Pispantalli

  7. 18th district

    • Holmi and Varsanhäntä

  8. Kärjenniemi

  9. Irjala

  10. Kemmola

  11. Juusonranta

  12. Valto

  13. Mahlianmaa

  14. Länsi-Lintula

In addition, outside of but in the vicinity of these districts lay Vanhakylä and Viuha.

Sports

Valkeakoski is notable for the football team FC Haka and also other Haka sections, especially the cross-country skiing section. The "skiing Haka" is one of the most successful skiing teams in Finland. The other major local sports organization Koskenpojat has also been really successful, winning many national championships in aerobic gymnastics.

International relations

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland}}

=Twin towns — sister cities=

Valkeakoski is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Ystävyyskaupungit|url=http://www.valkeakoski.fi/portal/suomi/kuntainfo_ja_hallinto/ystavyyskaupungit/|website=valkeakoski.fi|publisher=Valkeakoski|language=fi|access-date=2019-12-07}}

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  • {{flagicon|SWE}} Gotland, Sweden
  • {{flagicon|NOR}} Kragerø, Norway (1954)
  • {{flagicon|RUS}} Sokol, Russia (1971)
  • {{flagicon|GER}} Vechelde, Germany (1976)
  • {{flagicon|POL}} Jelenia Góra, Poland (1979)
  • {{flagicon|CHN}} Nanchang, China (1997)
  • {{flagicon|ALA}} Mariehamn, Åland Islands, Finland (1999)

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Notable persons from Valkeakoski

Notable places and events

References

{{Reflist}}

Gallery

File:Tehtaan kenttä valkeakoski Finland.jpg|Tehtaan kenttä – the football stadium in Valkeakoski, Finland, home of the football team FC Haka Valkeakoski

File:Valkeakosken keskusta1b.JPG|Valtakatu, the main shopping street of Valkeakoski

File:Valkeakosken keskusta3..jpg|Downtown Valkeakoski

File:ValkeakoskiFabrik.jpeg|Factories in Valkeakoski

External links

{{commons category-inline|Valkeakoski}}

  • [https://www.valkeakoski.fi/en/ Town of Valkeakoski] – Official site

{{Geographic location

| Centre = Valkeakoski

| NE = Kangasala

| E = Pälkäne

| SE = Hattula (Kanta-Häme)

| S = Hämeenlinna (Kanta-Häme)

| W = Akaa

| NW = Lempäälä

}}

{{Pirkanmaa}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:Populated places established in 1923

Category:1923 establishments in Finland