Alavus
Alavus is a town and municipality of Finland in the province of Western Finland. Part of the South Ostrobothnia region, it is located 52 kilometres southeast of Seinäjoki, 138 kilometres north of Tampere and 319 kilometres north of Helsinki.- Type: Town with 9,250 residents
- Description: town in the region of South Ostrobothnia in Finland
- Also known as: “Alavo by”, “Alavo kommun”, “Alavo stad”, “Alavuden kaupunki”, “Alavuden kunta”, “Alavus (conceyu de Finlandia)”, and “conceyu d’Alavus”
- Neighbors: Ähtäri, Alajärvi, Kuortane, Seinäjoki, and Virrat
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alavus Church and Alavus Church bell tower.
Alavus Church
Church
The Alavus Church in Alavus, Finland, is the fourth church in the community and was completed in 1914. The stuccoed brick church was designed by Kauno S.
Alavus
- Categories: municipality of Finland, köping, city, and locality
- Location: Kuusiokunnat, Southern Ostrobothnia, West Coast, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.5862° or 62° 35′ 10″ north
Longitude
23.6185° or 23° 37′ 7″ east
Population
9,250
Elevation
98 metres (322 feet)
United Nations Location Code
FI ALV
Open location code
9GJ5HJP9+FC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Alavus” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Alavus”
- Arabic: “الافوس”
- Armenian: “Ալավուս”
- Asturian: “Alavus”
- Azerbaijani: “Alavus”
- Belarusian: “Алавус”
- Catalan: “Alavus”
- Cebuano: “Alavus”
- Chinese: “阿拉武斯”
- Czech: “Alavus”
- Danish: “Alavo”
- Dutch: “Alavus”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الافوس”
- Esperanto: “Alavus”
- Estonian: “Alavus”
- Estonian: “Alavuse linn”
- Finnish: “Alavus”
- French: “Alavus”
- Galician: “Alavus”
- Georgian: “ალავუსი”
- German: “Alavus”
- Inari Sami: “Alavus”
- Indonesian: “Alavus”
- Irish: “Alavus”
- Italian: “Alavus”
- Korean: “알라부스”
- Lombard: “Alavus”
- Moksha: “Алавус”
- Northern Sami: “Alavus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alavo”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alavo”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alavus”
- Norwegian: “Alavo”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Alavus”
- Persian: “آلاووس”
- Persian: “الاواس”
- Polish: “Alavus”
- Portuguese: “Alavus”
- Romanian: “Alavus”
- Russian: “Алавус”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alavus”
- Skolt Sami: “Alavus”
- Slovak: “Alavus”
- Spanish: “Alavus”
- Swedish: “Alavo”
- Tajik: “Алавус”
- Turkish: “Alavus”
- Ukrainian: “Алавус”
- Urdu: “الاووس”
- Uzbek: “Alavus”
- Veps: “Alavus”
- Vietnamese: “Alavus”
- Welsh: “Alavus”
- Western Mari: “Алавус”
- Western Panjabi: “الاووس”
- “Alavus”
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