Loviisa

Loviisa (; ) is a municipality an toun o 15,597 inhabitants (31 Januar 2011) on the soothren coast o Finland. Aboot 43 per cent o the population is Swadish-speakin.

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. 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

Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Loviisa is twinned wi:
 Haapsalu, Estonie 
 Hillerød, Denmark 
 Horten, Norawa
 Karlskrona, Swaden 
 Ólafsfjörður, Iceland
 Paks, Hungary
 Kahramanmaraş, Turkey

 References 

 Freemit airtins 

Toun o Loviisa – Offeecial wabsteid
Loviisa Peace-Forum 


Category:Ceeties an touns in Finland
Category:Populatit coastal places in Finland
Category:Municipalities o Uusimaa
Category:Populatit places established in 1745
Category:Port ceeties an touns in Finland