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Discover Rokio in Finland

Rokio in the region of Province of Western Finland is a place located in Finland - some 224 mi or ( 360 km ) North-West of Helsinki , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Rokio

Local time in Rokio is now 04:28 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Helsinki " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Tallinn, Viljamaa, Vaasa, Tuurala, and Tervajoki. When in this area, you might want to check out Tallinn . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Rokio ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Slaget vid Oravais 2008-09-13

4:51 min by Per-Johan Nylund
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Slaget vid Oravais. Battle at Oravais. ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Maxmo

Maxmo is a former municipality of Finland. It was located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality was consolidated with Vörå to form the new municipality of Vörå-Maxmo in 2007. The former municipality had a population of 1,037 (2003) and covered an area of 148.06 km² of which one fourth was land. The population density was 7.0 inhabitants per km². The majority were speakers of Swedish (90%) and the minority speakers of Finnish (8%).

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Located at 63.21 22.06 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Municipalities of Ostrobothnia Region

Tuurala

Tuurala is a village in Isokyrö, Finland. In 1997, it was nominated as "village of the year" in Southern Ostrobothnia. The village association has purchased a former school house, which is now used to organize educational events and as an information point with 12 computer work stations.

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Located at 63.02 22.28 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Villages in Finland

Battle of Oravais

The Battle of Oravais is sometimes regarded as the turning point of the Finnish War: the last chance for Sweden to turn the war to her advantage. It was the bloodiest battle of the conflict, which some historians attribute to the exhaustion, resignation and desperation of the Swedish army: it was losing the war.

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Located at 63.28 22.38 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Battles of the Finnish War, Conflicts in 1808, Vörå

Battle of Storkyro

The Battle of Storkyro was fought on February 19, 1714 / March 2, 1714 near the village of Napo in Storkyro parish, Ostrobothnia, Swedish Empire between a Swedish and a Russian army, as part of the Great Northern War. The Swedish force, consisting almost entirely of Finnish troops, was destroyed by the numerically superior Russian force. As a result, all of Finland сame under Russian military occupation for the rest of the war, a period of hardship known in Finland as the Greater Wrath.

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Located at 63.00 22.32 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: 1714 in Europe, Battles of the Great Northern War, Conflicts in 1714