Place:Kouvola, Kymi, Finland

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NameKouvola
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates60.9°N 26.75°E
Located inKymi, Finland
Also located inKymenlaakso, Etelä-Suomi, Finland    
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Kouvola is a city and municipality in southeastern Finland. It is located along the Kymijoki River in the region of Kymenlaakso, kilometers east of Lahti, west of Lappeenranta and northeast of the capital, Helsinki. With Kotka, Kouvola is one of the capital centers and is the largest city in the Kymenlaakso region.

The whole municipal area has a population of,[1] but the actual downtown itself is home to 47,391 people. It covers an area of of which is water.[2] The population density is . Kouvola is bordered by the municipalities of Hamina, Heinola, Iitti, Kotka, Lapinjärvi, Loviisa, Luumäki, Miehikkälä, Mäntyharju, Pyhtää and Savitaipale.

Kouvola, which had population growth as late as the 1980s, has suffered a loss of migration since the 1990s. Over time, the loss has only deepened, so that at the end of the 2010s Kouvola was Finland's worst migration loss area. Natural demographics have also trended downward; in 2017, more than 450 more people died in the city than new ones were born.[3][4] The reasons for the emigration are thought to be largely due to job losses in the region.

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