Kälviä

Kälviä (Kelviå) is a former municipality of Finland. Kälviä was consolidated with the city of Kokkola on Jan 1, 2009.

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 of which 14.68 km2 was water. The population density was 6.6 /km2. 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
 * Rovaniemi: 407 km

Notable individuals

 * Asser Stenbäck, doctor and politician
 * Esa Riippa, print-maker
 * Ilkka Uusitalo, diplomat
 * Kauno Kleemola, politician
 * Lars Sonck, architect
 * Lucina Hagman, teacher and Member of the Parliament of Finland
 * Matti Korkiala, pop singer
 * Odert W. Renell, architect
 * Raimo Kero, singer
 * Viljo Elomaa, athlete
 * Väinö Siirilä, playwright