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Salmela Destination Guide

Touring Salmela in Finland

Salmela in the region of Province of Western Finland is located in Finland - some 127 mi or ( 204 km ) West of Helsinki , the country's capital city .

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Time in Salmela is now 04:34 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Helsinki " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Riga, Tallinn, Waarenpea, Vaha-Rahi, and Uusikaupunki. Being here already, consider visiting Riga . Check out our recommendations for Salmela ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Battle of Grönvikssund

The Battle of Grönvikssund was fought between Sweden and Russia during the Finnish War 1808-09.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 60.50 21.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Battles of the Finnish War

Helsinki village landing

The Helsinki village landing was fought during the Finnish War, between Sweden and Russia 26–28 September 1808 a part of the battles’ of Turku archipelago. Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden planned a large landing operation, over 8000 strong. Due to the difficult sea weather conditions, the task force under colonel Anders Fredrik Skjöldebrad was forced to return as broken and damaged back to Sweden.

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Located at 60.61 21.44 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: 1808 in Finland, Battles involving Russia, Battles involving Sweden, Battles of the Finnish War, Conflicts in 1808

Iniö

Iniö is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Korpo, Nagu and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland. It is located in the province of Western Finland (Länsi-Suomen lääni) and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 253 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 63.86 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.17 km² is inland water. The population density was 3.97 inhabitants per km².

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Located at 60.40 21.39 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Finnish islands in the Baltic, Former municipalities of Finland, Pargas, Populated places disestablished in 2009