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Encyclopedia > Suolahti

Suolahti, is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located next to Lake Keitele in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. This is a list of towns in Finland. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... The Province of Western Finland is a province of Finland. ... Central Finland is a region (maakunta / landskap) in the province of Western Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ...

Suolahden kaupunki

Image:suolahti.jpg Suolahti Coat of Arms This image depicts a seal, an emblem, a coat of arms or a crest. ...

City Suolahti (1977)
Administrative Province Western Finland
Population
 - Total (2003-12-31)
 - Density

5,519
95/km²

This is a list of towns in Finland. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... The Province of Western Finland is a province of Finland. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ...

History

First mentions of Suolahti are from 16th century but the name became stable describing population of 100-150 village residents in the end of the last century. The village before that was known as Village of Paadentaipale. Opening of railroad 1898 industrialized Village of Suolahti and increased waterborne traffic in Keitele. Same year steam-mill started operating which was soon to be followed other indrustal facalities. This speeded up population and other city development. In first three decades of 20th century population increased to two thousand. It gained town status in a 1977. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Keitele is a municipality of Finland. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...


Figures

area

Terrority
Territorial waters

Population (31.12.2002)
Age structure (31.12.2002)
0 - 14
15 - 64
65 - 74
75 -

Employment (31.12.2002)
Preproduction
Processing
Services
Unknown

Unemployment 2002

67.46 km²
57.87 km²
9.59 km²

5,519

16.36%
66.99%
10.13%
6.52%

2,813
8
1,575
1,191
39

16.2%

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Construction work of the birch plywood uppgrading mill has begun in Suolahti - Finnforest.com (235 words)
Construction work of the birch plywood uppgrading mill has begun in Suolahti
The EUR 15 million investment project of Finnforest to build an upgrading mill for birch plywood alongside the Suolahti plywood mill is progressing in schedule.
Porrokki Oy from Äänekoski, Finland has been selected as the main contractor for the construction project.
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