Kälviä

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Location of Kälviä in Finland

Kälviä (Swedish: Kelviå) is a former municipality of Finland. Kälviä was consolidated with the city of Kokkola on 2009-01-01.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The former municipality had a population of 4,475 (2003) and covered an area of 682.36 km² (263.46 mi²) of which 14.68 km² (5.67 mi²) was water. The population density was 6.6 inhabitants per square kilometer (17.1/mi²).

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: 125 km

Helsinki: 419 km

Tampere: 270 km

Turku:386 km

External links

Media related to Kälviä at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Municipalities of Central Ostrobothnia

Municipalities	Halsua Kannus Kaustinen Kokkola Lestijärvi Perho Toholampi Veteli

Former municipalities	Himanka Kaarlela Kälviä Lohtaja Ullava Öja

Central Ostrobothnia Finland

Coordinates: 63°51′40″N 23°27′10″E / 63.86111°N 23.45278°E / 63.86111; 23.45278

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