Loviisa

Summary

Loviisa is a town^[1]. Loviisa ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (170 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Loviisa is located in Uusimaa^[3].
• Loviisa is in the country of Finland^[4].
• Loviisa's instance of is recorded as town^[5].
• Loviisa's instance of is recorded as municipality of Finland^[6].
• Loviisa's instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Loviisa's official language is recorded as Finnish^[8].
• Loviisa's official language is recorded as Swedish^[9].
• Loviisa's shares border with is recorded as Kouvola^[10].
• Loviisa's shares border with is recorded as Lapinjärvi^[11].
• Loviisa's shares border with is recorded as Myrskylä^[12].
• Loviisa's shares border with is recorded as Pyhtää^[13].
• Loviisa's shares border with is recorded as Porvoo^[14].
• Loviisa followed Pernå^[15].
• Loviisa followed Ruotsinpyhtää^[16].
• Loviisa followed Liljendal^[17].
• Loviisa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Haapsalu City^[18].
• Loviisa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Hillerød^[19].
• Loviisa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Horten Municipality^[20].
• Loviisa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Karlskrona Municipality^[21].
• Loviisa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ólafsfjörður^[22].
• Loviisa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Paks^[23].
• Loviisa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kahramanmaraş^[24].
• Loviisa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Varash^[25].
• Loviisa's legislative body is recorded as Loviisa City Council^[26].
• Loviisa's coat of arms is recorded as Coat of arms of Loviisa^[27].

Body

Founding

January 1, 1745 marks the founding of Loviisa^[28].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Loviisan kaupunki'}^[29] and {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Lovisa stad'}^[30]. Part of include Uusimaa^[31], a region of Finland^[32], in Finland^[33], founded in 1994^[34] and Loviisa sub-region^[35], a subregion of Finland^[36], in Finland^[37]. Predecessors include Pernå^[15], Ruotsinpyhtää^[16], and Liljendal^[17].

Why It Matters

Loviisa ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (170 views/month).^[2] Loviisa has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] Loviisa is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]