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Loviisa (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈloviːsa]; Template:Lang-sv Swedish pronunciation: [luvˈiːsa]) is a municipality and town of Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality/population count inhabitants (Error: Invalid time.)[1] on the southern coast of Finland. About 43 per cent of the population is Swedish-speaking.[2]

The municipality covers an area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] is water.[3] The population density is [convert: invalid number].

The neighboring municipalities of Liljendal, Pernå and Ruotsinpyhtää were consolidated with Loviisa on January 1, 2010.

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 two of Finland's nuclear reactors, two VVER units each of 488 MWe, at the Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant. The other operating reactors are at the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant.

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

Politics

Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Loviisa:

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland

Twin towns — Sister cities

Loviisa is twinned with:

References

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