Loviisa

Loviisa is a municipality and city of 14,873 population on the southern coast of Finland. About 43 consistent with cent of the population is Swedish-speakme. The municipality covers a place of 1,751.52 rectangular kilometres of which 931.92 km2 is water. The populace density is eighteen.15 inhabitants consistent with square kilometre. The neighboring municipalities of Liljendal, Perna and Ruotsinpyhtaa were consolidated with Loviisa on January 1, 2010. Loviisa become based in 1745, as a border castle in opposition to Russia. Most of the fortifications had been preserved.

Loviisa changed into initially known as Degerby, however king Adolf Frederick of Sweden renamed the metropolis after his partner Lovisa Ulrika after traveling the city in 1752. Loviisa is the site of of Finland's nuclear reactors, VVER devices each of 488 MWe, at the Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant. The other operating reactors are at the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant. The building of the sea citadel of Svartholm, placed to the south from the town, turned into begun at the same time because the fortification of Loviisa. The cause of the sea citadel turned into to protect the metropolis from the sea, as well as to offer safe haven for the Swedish coastal navy.