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The 7 municipalities of the Kymenlaakso Region (Swedish : Kymmenedalen) in Finland are divided on two sub-regions.
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The 7 municipalities of the Kymenlaakso Region (Swedish : Kymmenedalen) in Finland are divided on two sub-regions.
Hamina (Fredrikshamn)
Kotka 
Miehikkälä 
Pyhtää (Pyttis)
Virolahti (Vederlax)
Kouvola (former arms: 
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Haapasaari (to Kotka in 1974)
Anjala (formed Anjalankoski with Sippola in 1975)
Sippola (formed Anjalankoski with Anjala in 1975)
Karhula (to Kotka in 1977)
Kymi (to Kotka in 1977)
Vehkalahti (to Hamina in 2003) Anjalankoski (to Kouvola in 2009)
Elimäki (to Kouvola in 2009)
Jaala (to Kouvola in 2009)
Kuusankoski (to Kouvola in 2009)
Valkeala (to Kouvola in 2009)
Iitti was transferred to Päijänne Tavastia in 2021, remaining independent.
Southern Finland was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Western Finland and Eastern Finland. It also bordered the Gulf of Finland and Russia.
The former Province of Southern Finland in Finland was divided into six regions, 16 sub-regions, and 88 municipalities.
Elimäki is a former municipality of Finland.
Anjalankoski is a former town and municipality of Finland. It had 16 379 inhabitants in 2008. About 4/5 of the people live in the vicinity of the Kymi River. The most densely populated communities are Myllykoski and Inkeroinen. In addition, there is plenty of countryside.
Kotka is a town in Finland, located on the southeastern coast of the country at the mouth of the Kymi River. The population of Kotka is approximately 50,000, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 80,000. It is the 21st most populous municipality in Finland, and the 16th most populous urban area in the country.
Kouvola is a city in Finland and the administrative capital of Kymenlaakso. It is located in the southeastern interior of the country. The population of Kouvola is approximately 79,000. It is the 11th most populous municipality in Finland, and the 17th most populous urban area in the country.
Jaala is a former municipality of Finland.
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 1,752 (31 December 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 4.15 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.7/sq mi).
Valkeala is a former municipality of Finland.
The Kymi is a river in Finland. It begins at Lake Päijänne, flows through the provinces of Päijänne Tavastia, Uusimaa and Kymenlaakso, and discharges into the Gulf of Finland. The river passes the towns of Heinola and Kouvola. The town of Kotka is located on the river delta. The length of the river is 204 kilometres (127 mi), but its drainage basin of 37,107 square kilometres (14,327 sq mi) extends to almost 600 kilometres (370 mi) inside the Tavastia, Central Finland, Savonia and Ostrobothnia. The furthest source of the river is Lake Pielavesi, its furthest point being some 570 kilometres (350 mi) from the sea measured by flow route. The name of the river, itself, kymi, means "large river", in Old Finnish.
Viipuri Province was a historical province of Finland from 1812 to 1945.
The Kymi Province was a province of Finland from 1945 to 1997.
Anjala was a town in Southern Finland, which merged in 1975 with Sippola to form Anjalankoski, later further merged into Kouvola.
Kotka-Hamina sub-region is a subdivision of Kymenlaakso and one of the Sub-regions of Finland since 2009.
Liikkala Fortress is a fortress in Kouvola, Finland. It was built in 1790s as a part of a larger South-Eastern Finland fortification system to protect Saint Petersburg, the capital of the Russian Empire.
Sippola is a former municipality of Finland in the former Kymi Province, now in Kymenlaakso. In 1975, it united with neighboring Anjala to form Anjalankoski, which was later merged into Kouvola in 2009.
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.
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.
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