Loviisa
Loviisa Loviisa – Lovisa | |
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Toun | |
| Loviisan kaupunki Lovisa stad | |
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 Coat airms | |
 Location o Loviisa in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°27.5′N 026°14′E / 60.4583°N 26.233°ECoordinates: 60°27.5′N 026°14′E / 60.4583°N 26.233°E | |
| Kintra |  Finland |
| Region | Uusimaa |
| Sub-region | Loviisa sub-region |
| Chairter | 1745 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Toun manager | Olavi Kaleva |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 1751.52 km2 (676.27 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 819.57 km2 (316.44 sq mi) |
| • Water | 931.92 km2 (359.82 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 95t lairgest in Finland |
| Population (2023-02-28)[2] | |
| • Total | 14,549 |
| • Rank | 78t lairgest in Finland |
| • Density | 17.75/km2 (46.0/sq mi) |
| Population bi native leid | |
| • Finnish | 59.2% (offeecial) |
| • Swadish | 38% (offeecial) |
| • Ithers | 2.8% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 tae 14 | 14.2% |
| • 15 tae 64 | 63% |
| • 65 or aulder | 22.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 07900 |
| Area code(s) | 019 |
| Website | www.loviisa.fi |
Loviisa (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈloviːsa]; Swadish: Lovisa) is a municipality an toun o 15,597 inhabitants (31 Januar 2011)[2] on the soothren coast o Finland. Aboot 43 per cent o the population is Swadish-speakin.[6]
The municipality covers an aurie o 1,751.49 square kilometres (676.25 sq mi) o which 931.92 km2 (359.82 sq mi) is watter.[1] The population densitie is 19.03 inhabitants per square kilometre (49.3 /sq mi).
The neighboring municipalities o Liljendal, Pernå an Ruotsinpyhtää wur consolidatit wi Loviisa on 1 Januar 2010.
Loviisa wis foondit in 1745, as a border fortress against Roushie. Maist o the fortifications hae been preserved. It is named efter Lovisa Ulrika, the Swadish Queen consort o Adolf Frederick o Swaden.
Loviisa is the steid o ane o Finland's twa nuclear pouer stations, the ither being at Olkiluoto. The Lovisa nuclear pouer plant consists o twa VVER units, each o 488 MWe.
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The Kirk o Loviisa -
The harbor o Loviisa in 1808 bi Gavril Sergeyev
Internaitional relations
[eedit | eedit soorce]Twin touns — Sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]Loviisa is twinned wi:
Haapsalu, Estonie
Hillerød, Denmark
Horten, Norawa
Karlskrona, Swaden
Ólafsfjörður, Iceland
Paks, Hungary
Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 Januar 2018.
- ↑ a b "Preliminar population structur bi aurie, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 Apryle 2023.
- ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 Mairch 2009.
- ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 Apryle 2009.
- ↑ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Admeenistration o Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 Mey 2023.
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Freemit airtins
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Media relatit tae Loviisa at Wikimedia Commons
- Toun o Loviisa – Offeecial wabsteid
- Loviisa Peace-Forum Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
| Municipalities |  | |
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| Umwhile municipalities | • Bromarf
• Degerby • Ekenäs • Ekenäs landskommun • Haaga • Huopalahti • Hyvinkään maalaiskunta • Karis • Karjalohja • Kulosaari • Liljendal • Lohjan kunta • Nummi • Nummi-Pusula • Oulunkylä • Pernå • Pohja • Porvoon maalaiskunta • Pusula • Ruotsinpyhtää • Sammatti • Snappertuna • Tenala | |