Editing Vaala (section)

{{About|the municipality|the district|Vaala, Turku}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Vaala
| official_name = {{lang|fi|Vaalan kunta}}<br />{{lang|sv|Vaala kommun}}
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = Vaalankurkku railway bridge.jpg
| image_caption = Mist rising from Oulujoki river in Vaala
| image_shield = Vaala.vaakuna.svg
| shield_size = 120x80px
| image_map = Vaala sijainti Suomi.svg
| map_caption = Location of Vaala in Finland
|coordinates = {{coord|64|33|N|026|50|E|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Finland|Region]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[North Ostrobothnia]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Sub-regions of Finland|Sub-region]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Oulunkaari]]
| leader_title = Municipality manager
| leader_name = [[Tytti Seppänen]]
| established_title = [[Charter]]
| established_date = 1954
|area_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|area_footnotes|Vaala}}
|area_total_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_total_km2|Vaala}}
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|area_water_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_water_km2|Vaala}}
|area_rank = {{Data Finland municipality|area_rank|Vaala}}
|population_as_of = {{Data Finland municipality|population_as_of|Vaala}}
|population_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|population_footnotes|Vaala}}
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|population_density_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|population_density_km2|Vaala}}
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|demographics_type1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics_type1|Vaala}}
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|demographics1_info1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info1|Vaala}}
|demographics1_title2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title2|Vaala}}
|demographics1_info2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info2|Vaala}}
|demographics1_title3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title3|Vaala}}
|demographics1_info3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info3|Vaala}}
|demographics1_title4 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title4|Vaala}}
|demographics1_info4 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info4|Vaala}}
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|demographics2_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_footnotes|Vaala}}
|demographics2_title1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title1|Vaala}}
|demographics2_info1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info1|Vaala}}
|demographics2_title2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title2|Vaala}}
|demographics2_info2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info2|Vaala}}
|demographics2_title3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title3|Vaala}}
|demographics2_info3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info3|Vaala}}
|blank_name = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_name|Vaala}}
|blank_info = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_info|Vaala}}
|timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
|utc_offset = +02:00
|timezone_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
|utc_offset_DST = +03:00
| website = {{Url|https://www.vaala.fi/}}
}}

'''Vaala''' is a municipality in [[Finland]]. It is located in the [[North Ostrobothnia]]  [[regions of Finland|region]]. Established in 1954 (predecessor municipality ''Säräisniemi'', established in 1867), the municipality has a population of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Vaala}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }})<ref name="population_count" /> and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Vaala}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Vaala}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water.<ref name="total_area" /> The [[population density]] is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Vaala|round=2}}|PD/km2}}. Previously Vaala was part of the [[Kainuu]] region but was transferred to Northern Ostrobothnia on 1 January 2016.<ref name="vm_20150205" />

Half of [[Oulujärvi]], the fifth largest lake of Finland is located in Vaala.

The municipality is unilingually [[Finnish language|Finnish]].

Vaala is also an old Finnish word, which means the phase in a river just before rapids.