Jaala

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Former municipality in Southern Finland, Finland

Jaala

Former municipality

Jaalan kunta
Jaala kommun

Jaala Church

Coat of arms

Jaala

Location in Finland

Coordinates: 61°3′0″N 26°28′55″E﻿ / ﻿61.05000°N 26.48194°E﻿ / 61.05000; 26.48194
Country|  Finland
Province| Southern Finland
Region| Kymenlaakso
Area

• Total| 217.40 sq mi (563.06 km2)
• Water| 50.15 sq mi (129.89 km2)
Population

(2003)

• Total| 1,906
Climate| Dfc

Jaala is a former municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality had a population of 1,906 (2003) and covered an area of 563.06 km² of which 129.89 km² was water. The population density was 3.4 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

In 2009, the six municipalities of Kouvola, Kuusankoski, Elimäki, Anjalankoski, Valkeala and Jaala were consolidated to form a new municipality named Kouvola, which, with a population of over 80,000, became the tenth largest city in Finland.

## People born in Jaala[edit]

* Valto Koski (1939 – )
* Ville Iiskola (1985 – )

## External links[edit]

Media related to Jaala at Wikimedia Commons

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Municipalities of Kymenlaakso

Municipalities|

* Hamina
* Kotka
* Kouvola
* Miehikkälä
* Pyhtää
* Virolahti

Former municipalities|

* Anjala
* Anjalankoski
* Elimäki
* Haapasaari
* Jaala
* Karhula
* Kuusankoski
* Kymi
* Sippola
* Suursaari
* Tytärsaari
* Valkeala
* Vehkalahti

* Kymenlaakso
* Finland

Coordinates: 61°03′00″N 26°28′55″E﻿ / ﻿61.05000°N 26.48194°E﻿ / 61.05000; 26.48194

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