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Kvevlax | |
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Church village | |
| Kvevlax kommun Koivulahden kunta | |
 Kvevlax Church | |
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  Kvevlax | |
| Coordinates:63°09′37″N21°50′15″E / 63.16028°N 21.83750°E /63.16028; 21.83750 | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Vaasa |
| Municipality | Korsholm |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Kvevlax (Finnish:Koivulahti) is a church village in the municipality ofKorsholm,Finland. It is located approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) north of the city ofVaasa. Kvevlax became an independentparish in 1857. Until 1 January 1973 it was an independentmunicipality. Kvevlax has a lower gradeprimary 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.
On 3 January 1961, a DC-3, theAero 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.
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