Valkeakoski

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|leader_name = Markku Auvinen
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"Valkeakoski" (lit. white rapids) is a town and municipality in Finland.

Valkeakoski is located south of Tampere and north of Helsinki in the province of Western Finland and is part of the region. The municipality has a population of }}}}
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The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Valkeakoski is best known for its paper industry and domestically highly successful football team, FC Haka.

Notable persons from Valkeakoski
* Veikko Hakulinen
* Mika Kallio
* Pentti Linkola
* Iiris Sihvonen
* Emil Wikström

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Image:Tehtaan kenttä valkeakoski Finland.jpg|Tehtaan kenttä – the football stadium in Valkeakoski, Finland, home of the football team FC Haka Valkeakoski
Image:Valkeakosken keskusta1b.JPG|Valtakatu, the main shopping street of Valkeakoski
Image:Valkeakosken keskusta3..jpg|downtown Valkeakoski
Image:ValkeakoskiFabrik.jpeg|Factories in Valkeakoski






Category:Cities and towns in Finland
Category:Municipalities of Region
Category:Settlements established in 1923



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