Valkeala is a municipality of Finland. The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self government in Finland and also act as the basic regional administrative units of the country. ...

It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of 11,238 (2003) and covers an area of 1,004.40 km² of which 143.47 km² is water. The population density is 13.1 inhabitants per km². Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... The Province of Southern Finland is a province of Finland. ... Kymenlaakso is a region (maakunta / landskap) in Southern Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

In the Valkeala region there is the lake Vekaranjärvi near which the Karelia Brigade is located.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.