Kälviä () is a former municipality of Finland. Kälviä was consolidated with the city of Kokkola on 1 January 2009.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The former municipality had a population of 4,475 (2003) and covered an area of of which was water. The population density was .
The former municipality was unilingually Finnish.
Villages Honkimaa, Jatkojoki, Jokikylä, Karhulahti, Kleemola, Kälviä, Miekkoja, Nissi, Passoja, Peitso, Peltokorpi, Porkola, Riippa, Ridankylä, Rimpilä, Ruotsalo, Vuollet, Välikylä, Rita.
Distances: Kokkola center: 16 km Oulu: 161 km Vaasa: 125 km Helsinki: 419 km Tampere: 270 km Turku: 386 km Rovaniemi: 407 km
Notable individuals , doctor and politician , print-maker , diplomat Kauno Kleemola, politician Lars Sonck, architect Lucina Hagman, teacher and Member of the Parliament of Finland , pop singer , architect , singer , athlete , playwright
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