Valkeala is a municipality of Finland. ||-||}The municipalities ( kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of administration in Finland and Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland, near the city of Kouvola, and it is a part of the Kymenlaakso region. The state of Finland consists of 6 provinces ( Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län) The Province of Southern Finland is a province of Finland. It borders the provinces of Western Finland and Eastern Finland. Kouvola is a town in southeastern Finland. It is located 134 km northeast of the capital Helsinki. Kymenlaakso ( Swedish Kymmenedalen) is a region ( maakunta / landskap) in Southern Finland. Finland is divided into 20 regions ( maakunta in Finnish, landskap in Swedish) The municipality has a population of 11,238 (2003) and covers an area of 1,004. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. 40 km² of which 143. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 47 km² is water. The population density is 13. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 1 inhabitants per km².
In the Valkeala region there is the lake Vekaranjärvi near which the Karelia Brigade is located. Karelia Brigade ( Karjalan Prikaati) is one of the three Finnish Army readiness brigades
Valkeala is famous for Repovesi National Park. Repovesi National Park ( Repoveden kansallispuisto) is situated in the municipalities of Valkeala and Mäntyharju, only a few hours north-east of the
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Finnish ( or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92% As of 2006) and by ethnic Finns outside
As of 2009, the six municipalities - Kouvola, Kuusankoski, Elimäki, Anjalankoski, Valkeala and Jaala - will be merged, accounting for the new municipality of Kouvola with a population of over 80 000, being the 10th largest city in Finland.
| Municipalities of Kymenlaakso |
| Anjalankoski | Elimäki | Hamina | Iitti | Jaala | Kotka | Kouvola | Kuusankoski | Miehikkälä | Pyhtää | Valkeala | Virolahti |
| Kymenlaakso | Southern Finland | Finland |