Kotka-Hamina sub-region Kotka–Haminan seutukunta | |
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| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Kymenlaakso |
| Population | |
| • Total | 79,989 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Kotka-Hamina sub-region is a subdivision of Kymenlaakso and one of the Sub-regions of Finland since 2009.
Kotka 
Hamina (Fredrikshamn) 
Pyhtää (Pyttis) 
Virolahti (Vederlax) 
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Hamina is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located approximately 145 km (90 mi) east of the country's capital Helsinki, in the Kymenlaakso region, and formerly the province of Southern Finland. The municipality's population is 19,529 and covers an area of 1,155.14 square kilometres (446.00 sq mi), of which 545.66 km2 (210.68 sq mi) is water. The population density is 32.04 inhabitants per square kilometre (83.0/sq mi). The population of the central town is approximately 10,000. The municipal language of Hamina is Finnish.
The former Province of Southern Finland in Finland was divided into six regions, 16 sub-regions, and 88 municipalities.
Kotka is a city in the southern part of the Kymenlaakso province on the Gulf of Finland. Kotka is a major port and industrial city and also a diverse school and cultural city, which was formerly part of the old Kymi parish; later, Kymi with the Haapasaari island and Karhula, the latter of which once separate from Kymi as the market town, were incorporated into Kotka. The neighboring municipalities of Kotka are Hamina, Kouvola and Pyhtää. Kotka belongs to the Kotka-Hamina subdivision, and with Kouvola, Kotka is one of the capital center of the Kymenlaakso region. It is the 19th largest city in terms of population as a single city, but the 12th largest city of Finland in terms of population as an urban area.
Finland is divided into 69 sub-regional units. The sub-regions are formed by groups of municipalities within the 19 regions of Finland. The sub-regions represent a LAU 1 level of division used in conjunction with the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics.
The 7 municipalities of the Kymenlaakso Region in Finland are divided on two sub-regions.
Kymenlaakso is a region in Finland. It borders the regions of Uusimaa, Päijät-Häme, South Savo and South Karelia and Russia. 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.
Miehikkälä is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of 1,784 (28 February 2023), which make it the smallest municipality in Kymenlaakso in terms of population. It covers an area of 440.34 square kilometres (170.02 sq mi) of which 18.18 km2 (7.02 sq mi) is water. The population density is 4.23 inhabitants per square kilometre (11.0/sq mi).
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Helsinki is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church based in Helsinki, which comprises the whole of Finland. The diocese is divided into eight parishes.
Viipuri Province was a historical province of Finland from 1812 to 1945.
Finnish national road 7 is a highway in Finland. It runs from Erottaja in Helsinki to the Russian frontier at the Vaalimaa border crossing point in Virolahti. The road is 189 kilometres (117 mi) long. The road is also European route E18 and it is a part of TERN.
Kymenlaakson Osakunta (KyO) is one of the 15 student nations at the University of Helsinki, Finnish-speaking and established in 1933. Kymenlaakson Osakunta's home region is the province of Kymenlaakso in south-eastern Finland and constitutes from the cities of Hamina, Kotka and Kouvola and municipalities of Iitti, Miehikkälä, Pyhtää and Virolahti. The area of the town of Loviisa is a shared region with the Eteläsuomalainen Osakunta.
Kymen Sanomat (KySa) is a Finnish language daily newspaper published in the Kymenlaakso region of Finland.
The Kerava–Lahti railway line or Lahden oikorata is a railway line in southern Finland between the towns of Kerava and Lahti, which opened on 3 September 2006.
Port of Hamina-Kotka is a major seaport in Kotka and Hamina in Kymenlaakso, Finland, on the northern shore of Gulf of Finland. After its creation by merging the ports of Kotka and Hamina in 2011, the Port of Hamina-Kotka has become Finland's biggest port. It serves containers, liquid and dry bulk, gas, RoRo cargo and project shipments and is important for Finnish export industries and transit traffic to Russia. The main export goods in addition to liquid and dry bulk are paper and pulp.
Itäväylä is a motorway-like road in the Greater Helsinki area of Finland, mainly in the Helsinki conurbation. It is part of the Finnish regional road 170. The road begins in Kalasatama, Sörnäinen in eastern Helsinki and continues east through Kulosaari and then across to Herttoniemi. Itäväylä continues all the way through East Helsinki, finally crossing the eastern end of Ring III. After that, the road continues towards east to Virolahti via Sipoo, Porvoo, Loviisa, Kotka and Hamina as Regional Road 170.
The Myllykoski railway station is located in the town of Kouvola, Finland, in the urban area of Myllykoski. It is located along the Kouvola–Kotka railway, and its neighboring stations are Kouvola in the north and Inkeroinen in the south.
The Kotka Port railway station is located in the town of Kotka, Finland, right by its namesake, the Kotka ferry terminal.
The Kouvola–Kotka railway, also called the Kotka railway is a 1,524 mm railway in Finland, connecting the towns of Kouvola and Kotka in the region of Kymenlaakso.
The St. Nicholas Church is the main church of the Kotka Orthodox Church in Kotka, Finland, surrounded by the Isopuisto park The church was built between 1799 and 1801 according to the drawings of architect Jakov Perrin. The church dates back to the time of the active years of the sea fortress of Ruotsinsalmi, when the Russians built the Ruotsinsalmi–Kyminlinna double fortress in the Kymi parish and a fortress town was created on Kotkansaari. The church is the oldest building in present-day Kotka, and it is a notable representative of neoclassicism in Finland.
Kaunissaari, lit. "Beautiful Island", is an island in the Gulf of Finland. It is part of the municipality of Pyhtää in the Kymenlaakso region, Finland, and is 17 kilometres (11 mi) southwest of the city of Kotka.