Vääksy
central village of Asikkala, Finland
Vääksy (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈʋæːksy]) is a village and seat of the municipality of Asikkala in southern Finland. It is located on an isthmus between Päijänne and Vesijärvi, about 23 kilometres (14 mi) north of Lahti.
The Vääksy canal, Vesijärven kanava, is located in Vääksy. Its length is 1,315 m and the height difference is 3.10±0.25 metres. Nowadays it is the most popular freshwater canal in Finland.
The canal was built during the great hunger years in 1869-71 and completed in 1903–06.
“Vääksy” enters the record as central village of Asikkala, Finland. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Vääksy, central and village can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 8, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2233799. VIAF identifies the subject as 134627112. Authority coordinates are 61.172, 25.547. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1869 and 1903.
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This entry incorporates text from “Vääksy” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.