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Kymenlaakso
Kymmenedalen | |
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Region of Kymenlaakso Kymenlaakson maakunta (Finnish) Landskapet Kymmenedalen (Swedish) | |
![]() Kymenlaakso on a map of Finland | |
Coordinates: 60°30′N 027°00′E / 60.500°N 27.000°E | |
Country | Finland |
Historical province | Uusimaa, Karelia, Tavastia |
Former provinces | |
Capitals | Kotka and Kouvola |
Other town | Hamina |
Area | |
• Total | 5,595.36 km2 (2,160.38 sq mi) |
Population (2019) | |
• Total | 174,167 |
• Density | 31/km2 (81/sq mi) |
GDP | |
• Total | €6.158 billion (2015) |
• Per capita | €34,350 (2015) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
ISO 3166 code | FI-09 |
NUTS | 186 |
Regional animal | Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) |
Regional bird | Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) |
Regional fish | European sprat (Sprattus sprattus) |
Regional flower | Yellow Iris (Iris pseudacorus) |
Regional stone | Rapakivi granite |
Regional lake | Lake Vuohijärvi |
Website | www |
Kymenlaakso (Finnish: [ˈkymenˌlɑːkso]; Swedish: Kymmenedalen; lit. "Kymi/Kymmene Valley") is a region in Finland. It borders the regions of Uusimaa, Päijät-Häme, South Savo and South Karelia and Russia (Leningrad Oblast). Its name means literally The Valley of River Kymi. Kymijoki is one of the biggest rivers in Finland with a drainage basin with 11% of the area of Finland. The city of Kotka with 51,000 inhabitants is located at the delta of River Kymi and has the most important import harbour in Finland. Other cities are Kouvola further in the inland which has after a municipal merger 81,000 inhabitants and the old bastion town Hamina.
Kymenlaakso was one of the first industrialized regions of Finland. It became the most important region for paper and pulp industry in Finland. Since the late 1900s many plants have closed, which has caused some deindustrialization, unemployment and population decline in Kymenlaakso, especially in those communities that were built around plants in Kouvola.
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