Kvevlax

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Kvevlax
Former municipality
Kvevlax kommun Koivulahden kunta
Kvevlax Church
Coat of arms
Location of Kvevlax in Finland
Interactive map of Kvevlax
Coordinates: 63°09′37″N 21°50′15″E / 63.16028°N 21.83750°E / 63.16028; 21.83750
Country	Finland
Province	Vaasa Province
Region	Ostrobothnia
Sub-region	Vaasa
Established	1857
Consolidated	1973
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)

Kvevlax (Finnish: Koivulahti) is a former municipality of Finland in the modern-day region of Ostrobothnia. It is located approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) north of the city of Vaasa. Kvevlax became an independent parish in 1857. Until 1 January 1973, when it merged with Korsholm, it was an independent municipality. Kvevlax has a lower grade primary education school, a kindergarten, a running track, a football pitch and an ice rink. There are two local grocery shops, a library and a bank.^{[citation needed]} It is located within the Eastern European Time Zone (GMT+2)

Flight 311 air crash

On 3 January 1961, a DC-3, the Aero O/Y Flight 311, crashed in Kvevlax, with the loss of all 25 on board. The DC-3 crash was blamed on alcohol-intoxicated and sleep-deprived pilots. The accident remains the worst in Finnish aviation history.^{[citation needed]}

Landmarks

• The Kvevlax Church, built in 1692. The church has a pulpit from 1696, while the organ is much newer, having been purchased in 1975.
• The Kvevlax UF house^{[further explanation needed]} was opened in 1949, although the youth organization was formed back in 1895. The previous UF house burned down in the winter of 1940.
• The memorial to the air crash

Notable persons

• John Wickström (1870-1959), engineer and entrepreneur

References

External links

• Aviation Safety Net

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