Loviisa Loviisan kaupunki
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 60°27′0″N 26°13′60″E / 60.45, 26.23333
Country	Finland
Province	Southern Finland
Region	Eastern Uusimaa
Incorporated (city)	1745
Government
- City Manager	Olavi Kaleva
Area
- City	44.52 km²  (17.2 sq mi)
- Land	44.44 km² (17.2 sq mi)
- Water	0.08 km² (0 sq mi)
Elevation	1 m (3 ft)
Population (Aug. 31, 2006)
- City	7,416
- Density	167/km² (432.5/sq mi)
Time zone	Helsinki, Riga, Tallinn (UTC+2)
Postal code	07900
Area code(s)	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. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Location_of_Loviisa_in_Finland. ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län). ... The Province of Southern Finland is a province of Finland. ... Eastern Uusimaa (Itä-Uusimaa / Östra Nyland) is a region (maakunta / landskap) in Southern Finland. ... The council-manager government is one of 2 main variations of representative municipal government (for contrast, also see Mayor-Council government). ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre or meter is a measure of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Eastern European Time Central Africa Time Israel Standard Time South Africa Standard Time Central European Summer Time West Africa Summer Time Category: ... Postal codes are generally clearly visible outside local Australian post offices. ... Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabet”. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of administration in Finland and act as the fundamental administrative units of the country. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

The municipality encompasses 44.47 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.02 km² is inland water. Population density is 166.86 inhabitants/km². Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

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. // Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected... Louisa Ulrika of Prussia (Swedish: Lovisa Ulrika; German: Luise Ulrike) (1720—1782) was Queen consort of Sweden between 1751 and 1771. ... Adolf Frederick King of Sweden Adolf Frederick (Adolf Fredrik) (May 14, 1710 – February 12, 1771), was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death. ...

Loviisa is the site of one of Finland's two nuclear power stations, the other being at Olkiluoto. It consists of two VVER units, each of 488 MWe. A nuclear power plant (NPP) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is one or more nuclear reactors. ... The Olkiluoto island with two existing and one planned nuclear power plant Olkiluoto is an island located in western Finland in the municipality of Eurajoki. ... WWER-10ff (also VVER-1000 as a direct translitteration from Russian ВВЭР-1000). ...

The Church of Loviisa Image File history File links Size of this preview: 778 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1347 × 1038 pixel, file size: 1. ...

The harbor of Loviisa in 1808 by Gavril Sergeyev Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

Twin towns

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

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External links

• Loviisa - Official website
• Loviisa Peace-Forum

	Municipalities of Eastern Uusimaa
	Askola | Lapinjärvi | Liljendal | Loviisa | Myrskylä | Pernå | Porvoo | Pukkila | Ruotsinpyhtää | Sipoo
	Eastern Uusimaa | Southern Finland | Finland

Coordinates: 60°27′25″N, 26°13′30″E The 10 municipalities of Eastern Uusimaa in Finland are divided on two sub-regions: Porvoo Sub-region Askola Myrskylä (Mörskom) Pukkila Porvoo (BorgÃ¥) Sipoo (Sibbo) Loviisa Sub-region Lapinjärvi (Lappträsk) Liljendal Loviisa (Lovisa) PernÃ¥ (Pernaja) Ruotsinpyhtää (Strömfors) See also Eastern Uusimaa Southern Finland Regions of Southern... Image File history File links Itä-Uusimaa. ... Image:Location of Askola in Finland. ... Founded 1575 Province Southern Finland Region Eastern Uusimaa Sub-region Loviisa Area - Of which land - Rank 339. ... Founded 1575 Province Southern Finland Region Eastern Uusimaa Sub-region Loviisa Area - Of which land - Rank 119. ... Image:Location of Myskylä in Finland. ... Province Southern Finland Region Eastern Uusimaa Sub-region Loviisa Area - Of which land - Rank 426. ... Founded 1346 Province Southern Finland Region Eastern Uusimaa Sub-region Porvoo Area - Of which land - Rank 663. ... Province Southern Finland Region Eastern Uusimaa Sub-region Porvoo City manager Juha Myyryläinen Official languages Finnish Area  - total  - land ranked 374th 145. ... Image:Location of Ruotsinpyhtää in Finland. ... Province Southern Finland Region Eastern Uusimaa Sub-region Porvoo City manager Markku Luoma Official languages Finnish, Swedish Area  - total  - land ranked 250th 366. ... Eastern Uusimaa (Itä-Uusimaa / Östra Nyland) is a region (maakunta / landskap) in Southern Finland. ... The Province of Southern Finland is a province of Finland. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...