Vehkalahti

Vehkalahti is a former municipality surrounding the town of in south-eastern . At the beginning of 2003 Hamina and Vehkalahti combined to form a new town of Hamina.
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  • Type: Locality with 11,900 residents
  • Description: former municipality of Finland, now part of Hamina
  • Also known as: Veckelax

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Husula.

Village
is a village and district in , . It is located approximately 3 kilometres north from the town centre. Before the town of Hamina and municipality of Vehkalahti consolidated at the beginning of 2003, was part of Vehkalahti. is situated 4½ km west of Vehkalahti.

Vehkalahti

Latitude
60.61667° or 60° 37′ north
Longitude
27.25° or 27° 15′ east
Population
11,900
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
9GG9J782+M2
Geo­Names ID
632095
Wiki­data ID
Q3353433
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Vehkalahti” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: Vehkalahti
  • Danish: Veckelax
  • Danish: Vehkalahti
  • Dutch: Veckelax
  • Dutch: Vehkalahti
  • Esperanto: Veckelax
  • Esperanto: Vehkalahti
  • Estonian: Vehkalahti vald
  • Estonian: Vehkalahti
  • Finnish: Veckelax
  • Finnish: Vehkalahden kunta
  • Finnish: Vehkalahti
  • French: Veckelax
  • French: Vehkalahti
  • Georgian: ვეჰკალაჰტი
  • German: Veckelax
  • German: Vehkalahti
  • Icelandic: Veckelax
  • Inari Sami: Vehkalahti
  • Irish: Vehkalahti
  • Italian: Veckelax
  • Italian: Vehkalahti
  • Northern Sami: Vehkalahti
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Veckelax
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vehkalahti
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Veckelax
  • Norwegian: Veckelax
  • Norwegian: Vehkalahti
  • Portuguese: Veckelax
  • Portuguese: Vehkalahti
  • Russian: Вехкалахти
  • Skolt Sami: Vehkalahti
  • Spanish: Veckelax
  • Spanish: Vehkalahti
  • Swedish: Veckelax kommun
  • Swedish: Veckelax
  • Swedish: Vehkalahti
  • Vehkalahti

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vehkalahti”. Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.