Valley of Kymi

|----- |Capital || Kouvola |----- | Population (2003)

Density || 185.662
row: 11th

36.5/km ²

|----- | Surface || 5.106 km ²
rang: 19th |}

The valley of Kymi (or fi Kymenlaakso ) is the name of a area of the south-east of Finland, pertaining to the province of southernmost Finland, bordered in the south by the Golfe of Finland. The area draws its name from the powerful river Kymijoki, resulting from the lake Päijänne, which crosses it on an overall North-South axis. The river allowed the blossoming of many industrial towns on its banks, of north in the south: Kuusankoski, Kouvola, Anjalankoski and Kotka - Karhula. The area is historically one of richest of Finland thanks to the factories of Pulp paper and constitutes a traditional bastion of the social democrat Parti Finland.

The area is frontier Russia and is a place of transit for the majority of the exchanges between Finland and Russia, in particular via the border post of Vaalimaa, the railway center of Kouvola or the ports of Kotka and Hamina. The area is bordered in north by the Karelia of the South and the Savonie of the South, and in the west by the Uusimaa of the East and the Päijät-Häme.

One can note that the province has as a capital Kouvola and not Kotka which is however its principal city. It is the only example of this type among the Finnish areas.

to see article on the Areas of Finland

History

The first city which receives its establisheds among is Hamina in 1653, on the impulse of Per Brahe, general governor of Finland. Industry develops massively in this area little populated as of the middle of the XIXe century along the Kymijoki. With it the rise of the working class occurs. Today the area remains still relatively prosperous - the wages paid by the paper factories are high compared to the Finnish standard. however, the area undergoes full whip the Restructuration of the paper companies; Last hard blow in date, advertisement by UPM of a plan of dismissal including closing of several factories and nearly 1500 dismissals in the province in particular with Kuusankoski (in all 3000 in Finland).

Common

The area comprises 12 municipalities (common) including 5 cities (in fat)

References

Random links: