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Loviisa – Lovisa
Toun
Loviisan kaupunki
Lovisa stad
Coat of airms o Loviisa
Coat airms
Location o Loviisa in Finland
Location o Loviisa in Finland
Coordinates: 60°27.5′N 026°14′E / 60.4583°N 26.233°E / 60.4583; 26.233Coordinates: 60°27.5′N 026°14′E / 60.4583°N 26.233°E / 60.4583; 26.233
Kintra Finland
RegionUusimaa
Sub-regionLoviisa sub-region
Chairter1745
Govrenment
 • Toun managerOlavi Kaleva
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total1751.52 km2 (676.27 sq mi)
 • Laund819.57 km2 (316.44 sq mi)
 • Water931.92 km2 (359.82 sq mi)
Area rank95t lairgest in Finland
Population
 (2023-02-28)[2]
 • Total14,549
 • Rank78t lairgest in Finland
 • Density17.75/km2 (46.0/sq mi)
Population bi native leid
 • Finnish59.2% (offeecial)
 • Swadish38% (offeecial)
 • Ithers2.8%
Population by age
 • 0 tae 1414.2%
 • 15 tae 6463%
 • 65 or aulder22.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
07900
Area code(s)019
Websitewww.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.

Internaitional relations

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Main airticle: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Finland

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

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Loviisa is twinned wi:

References

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  1. ↑ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 Januar 2018.
  2. ↑ a b "Preliminar population structur bi aurie, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 Apryle 2023.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Admeenistration o Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 Mey 2023.
  6. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named population by language

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