Kouvola
city in the region of Kymenlaakso in Finland
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Summary
Kouvola is a town[1]. Kouvola ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,018 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kymenlaakso[3]
- Country: Finland[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Kymi River[5]
- Instance of: municipality of Finland[6], city[7]
- Official language: Finnish[8]
- Shares border with: Hamina[9], Heinola[10], Iitti[11], Kotka[12], Lapinjärvi[13], Loviisa[14], Luumäki[15], Miehikkälä[16], Mäntyharju[17], Pyhtää[18], Savitaipale[19]
- Follows: Anjalankoski[20], Kuusankoski[21], Valkeala[22], Jaala[23], Elimäki[24]
- Twinned administrative body: Mülheim an der Ruhr[25], Vologda[26], Balatonfüred[27]
- Legislative body: Kouvola City Council[28]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Kouvola[29]
- Commons category: Kouvola[30]
- Inception: 1875[31]
- Coordinate location: 60.868055555556, 26.704166666667[32]
- Official website: https://www.kouvola.fi/[33]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kouvola[34]
- Commons gallery: Kouvola[35]
- Population: 86,880[36], 85,855[37], 31,614[38], 31,364[39], 31,425[40], 31,369[41], 31,339[42], 31,177[43], 31,054[44], 30,783[45], 30,701[46], 88,436[47], 88,174[48], 88,072[49]
- Official name: Kouvolan kaupunki[50]
- Nickname: Kouvostoliitto[51]
- Legal form: municipality of Finland[52]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Kouvola[53]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Kouvola[54]
Why It Matters
Kouvola has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Kouvola is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]