Valkeakoski

Valkeakoski (lit. white rapids) is a toun an municipality in Finland.

Valkeakoski is locatit  sooth o Tampere an  north o Helsinki in the province o Wastren Finland an is pairt o the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality haes a population o 
() an covers an aurie o  o
which 
is watter. The population densitie is
.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Valkeakoski is best kent for its paper industry an domestically heichlie successfu fitbaa team, FC Haka.

The toun an the paper industry hae baith grown bi the Valkeakoski rapids atween the lake Mallasvesi in the north an the lake Vanajavesi in the sooth.

 History 

The Valkeakoski aurie is kent tae hae been inhabitit syne the iron age. Mair nor a thoosan years ago, the ridges on the aurie served as a foondation o the Rapola fort. In the follaein middle ages, the mill toun Sääksmäki wis the centre o the aurie. Housomeivver, industrialization towards the end o the 19t century increased the importance o wha became the contemporary toun o Valkeakoski. The channel o Valkeakoski wis opened in 1869, an the first paper mill wis completit in 1873, markin the beginnin o a continuin tradeetion o forest industry. The municipality o Sääksmäki, frae which the toun o Valkeakoski wis detached in 1923 wis consolidatit wi Valkeakoski in 1973.History of Valkeakoski 

References

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Freemit airtins

Toun o Valkeakoski  – Offeecial steid


Category:Ceeties an touns in Finland
Category:Municipalities o Pirkanmaa
Category:Populatit places established in 1923