Valkeala
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Valkeala is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland, near the city of Kouvola, and it is a part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of 11,238 (2003) and covers an area of 1,004.40 km² of which 143.47 km² is water. The population density is 13.1 inhabitants per km².
In the Valkeala region there is the lake Vekaranjärvi near which the Karelia Brigade is located.
Valkeala is famous for Repovesi National Park.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
As of 2009, the six municipalities - Kouvola, Kuusankoski, Elimäki, Anjalankoski, Valkeala and Jaala - will be merged, accounting for the new municipality of Kouvola with a population of over 80 000, being the 10th largest city in Finland.
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| Municipalities of Kymenlaakso |
| Anjalankoski | Elimäki | Hamina | Iitti | Jaala | Kotka | Kouvola | Kuusankoski | Miehikkälä | Pyhtää | Valkeala | Virolahti |
| Kymenlaakso | Southern Finland | Finland |
