Loviisa

Loviisa Loviisan kaupunki - Lovisa stad
Coat of arms
Country	Finland
Province	Southern Finland
Region	Eastern Uusimaa
Incorporated (city)	1745
Government
• City Manager	Olavi Kaleva
Area
• Total	44.52 km2 (17.19 sq mi)
• Land	44.44 km2 (17.16 sq mi)
• Water	0.08 km2 (0.03 sq mi)
Elevation	1 m (3 ft)
Population  (Aug. 31, 2006)
• Total	7,416
• Density	167/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (Helsinki, Riga, Tallinn)
Postal code	07900
Area code	019
Website	http://www.loviisa.fi

Loviisa (IPA: [ˈloviːsa]) in Finnish or Lovisa in Swedish is a municipality and town of 7,417 inhabitants (2004-12-31) on the Southern coast of Finland. About 40% of the population is Swedish-speaking.

The municipality encompasses 44.47 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.02 km² is inland water. Population density is 166.86 inhabitants/km².

Loviisa was founded in 1745, as a border fortress against Russia. Most of the fortifications have been preserved. It is named after Lovisa Ulrika, the Swedish Queen consort of Adolf Frederick of Sweden.

Loviisa is the site of one of Finland's two nuclear power stations, the other being at Olkiluoto. The Lovisa nuclear power plant consists of two VVER units, each of 488 MWe.

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  The Church of Loviisa
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  The harbor of Loviisa in 1808 by Gavril Sergeyev

Twin towns

• Haapsalu, Estonia
• Hillerød, Denmark
• Horten, Norway
• Karlskrona, Sweden
• Ólafsfjörður, Iceland
• Paks, Hungary

External links

• Loviisa - Official website
• Loviisa Peace-Forum