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Nedervetil Alaveteli | |
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Former municipality | |
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| Country | |
| Province | Vaasa |
| Region | Ostrobothnia |
| Merged into Kronoby | 1969 |
| Area | |
| • Land | 171.8 km2 (66.3 sq mi) |
Nedervetil (Finnish: Alaveteli) [1] is a former municipality in Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is now part of Kronoby municipality.
It has given its Finnish name to Alaveteli [ citation needed ], open source software to help in Freedom of Information enquiries, because Anders Chydenius (1729–1803), an early proponent of freedom of the press, lived and worked as a curate in this area for some years.
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