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    Welcome to Vaala

    The Municipality of Oulujärvi

    www.vaala.fi
    Vaala is located
    in Pohjois-Pohjanmaa
    Province

    The distance between


    Oulu and Kajaani is 93
    km and between Vaala
    and Helsinki 580 km

    www.vaala.fi
    The centre of Vaala is located at
    the starting point of the River
    Oulujoki.
    MUNICIPALITY OF VAALA

    ▪ Established 1954

    ▪ Inhabitants 2.673 (31.12.2021)


    (during the summer it triples)

    ▪ Area 1 772 km2


    (water area 455 km2)

    www.vaala.fi
    The School Centre
    Day nursery, comprehensive school
    and upper secondary school​
    Vaala Upper Secondary School
    Our headmasters
    Tapani Karhu, headmaster Mauno Karjalainen,
    and chief education officer assistant headmaster
    The art of snow
    SOURCE OF LIVELIHOOD
    ▪ Service field 66 %
    ▪ Industry and construction 17 %
    ▪ Agriculture and forestry 17 %
    ▪ Enterprises ca 230
    ▪ Farms ca 100
    The largest employers
    Public sector
    • Vaala municipality
    • Pohde social and health services
    • Pelso Prison

    Private sector
    • VB Betoni
    • Vaalan Juustola
    • K-Market
    • S-Market
    • K-Rauta

    www.vaala.fi
    Hydroelectric power plants
    Jylhämä and Nuojua
    Wind powerplants
    - currently 24 turbines, plans to build up to 100 turbines
    Places to visit

    ▪ Oulujoki river
    ▪ Lake Oulujärvi
    ▪ Manamansalo island
    ▪ Rokua National Park
    OULUJOKI RIVER
    ▪ Oulujoki river starts from
    Vaala and runs through
    municipalities of Vaala,
    Utajärvi and Muhos to Oulu
    ▪ 107 km long
    ▪ Fall height 123 m
    ▪ Historical travelling route
    ▪ 7 hydroelectric power-plants

    www.vaala.fi
    LAKE OULUJÄRVI – THE SEA OF KAINUU

    ▪ The fifth largest lake in


    Finland (920 km2)
    ▪ Typical for Oulujärvi
    ▪ open waters and few islands
    ▪ prominent sandy deposits
    and kilometres of sandy
    beaches
    ▪ The Oulujärvi Hiking area

    www.vaala.fi
    Sahanranta harbour
    Martinlahti harbour in the winter
    Sahanranta beach
    Sahanranta beach in the winter
    Uitto harbour and ice swimming
    location
    Paddling and canoeing
    Mountain biking and frisbee golf
    facilities
    SÄRÄISNIEMI VILLAGE
    A historical village and a cultural scenery
    ▪ wooden church from the 18th century
    ▪ museum of local heritage
    ▪ 2 camping / caravan sites
    ▪ restaurant

    www.vaala.fi
    MANAMANSALO
    ▪ Manamansalo is an island
    in the middle of Lake
    Oulujärvi
    ▪ Divides Lake Oulujärvi into
    two halves – Ärjänselkä
    and Niskanselkä
    ▪ 5th largest island in
    Finland, 76 km2
    ▪ Population ca.150
    ▪ 350 summer cottages

    www.vaala.fi
    Gneiss-rock
    The oldest gneiss rocks in the Lake Oulujärvi were created 2.600
    to 2.700 million years ago
    ROKUA NATIONAL PARK
    ▪ Established in 1956
    ▪ Area 8,8 km2
    ▪ Protects the natural lichen
    heathlands and unusual
    geological features of
    Rokua
    ▪ The landscape was formed
    during the latest ice age
    10.000 years ago

    www.vaala.fi
    GEOPARK ROKUA
    ▪ Rokua Geopark consists of three different land areas: the
    Oulujoki River Valley, Lake Oulujärvi and the ridge and dune
    area of Rokua.
    ▪ Geopark-area forms a geological passage following esker ridges
    from the Muhos formation following Oulujoki River all the way
    to Lake Oulujärvi and Manamansalo island.
    ▪ Geopark combines the geological, natural and cultural history
    from ice age to present
    Welcome to Vaala!
    Enjoy nature – culture - sports

    www.vaala.fi

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