Overview of
Kouvola
Welcoming • Fascinating • Evolving
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Kouvola in figures
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Strategy of Kouvola
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Organisation of elected officials 2015
City Council (59)
Central
election
committee (5)
Committee of
children and
adolescents
(13)
City Executive Board (13)
Group section (7)
Committee of
adult
population
(13)
Personnel section (7)
Committee
of aged
people
(13)
Business section (7)
Technical
committee
(13)
Rural
committee
(13)
Audit
committee (7)
Building and
environmental committee
(7)
Private
roads
section (3)
Board of management of
municipally-owned
commercial enterprises
(5)
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Kymi waste committee
(13)
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Organisation for services 2015
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City Council 2014
City Executive Board 2014
13 MEMBERS
59 LOCAL COUNCILLORS
Chairman
Jari Larikka (KOK)
Chairman
Harri Helminen (SDP)
1st Deputy Chairman
Jukka Nyberg (SD)
1st Deputy Chairman
Jari Suomela (KOK)
2nd Deputy Chairman
Anssi Tähtinen (Others)
2nd Deputy Chairman
Jari Lindström (PS)
3rd Deputy Chairman
Markku Pakkanen (KESK)
OTHERS
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Executive management group
Mayor
Lauri Lamminmäki
Deputy Mayor
Annikki Niiranen
Financial Director Tuukka Forsell
Personnel Director Päivi Karhu
Administrative Director Jari Niemelä
Strategy and Development Director Jyrki Harjula
Technical Director Hannu Luotonen
Personnel representative Merja-Liisa Voutilainen
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Personnel by service sectors
31 October 2014
Facility enterprise
16; 0 %
City development
269; 4 %
Permanent
Fixed-term
4 817
1 134
Empl. subsidy Personnel
31 Oct 2014
100
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6 051
Technical production
735; 12 %
Personnel
31 Oct 2013
6 344
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Change
qty
-293
Change
%
Group services
88; 2 %
Welfare services
4 943; 82 %
-4.6
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Biggest employers
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City of Kouvola
Defence Forces
UPM-Kymmene Oyj
Carea – Kymenlaakso Social and Health Services
VR Group
Kymen Seudun Osuuskauppa
Stora Enso Oyj
ELY Centre of Southeast Finland/TE Office of Southeast Finland
Parishes in Kouvola
Lumon Oy
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Financial key figures
muutettu
Financial key figures
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Versatile education
Learning all your life
BASIC EDUCATION
Comprehensive schools 38
Upper secondary schools 7
Kouvola Region Vocational
College – KSAO
KSAO Adult education
KSAO Trains and railways
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Kymenlaakso University
of Applied Sciences –
KYAMK
Kasarminmäki Campus
Education
City of Kouvola
OTHERS
• Kouvola Vocational Adult Education Centre
• University of Helsinki/Palmenia Centre for Continuing
Education
• Lappeenranta University of Technology, Kouvola unit
• Liberal Adult Education Institute of Kouvola
• Kymenlaakso Institute
• Kymenlaakso Summer University
• The North Kymi Music Institute
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Villages all along the city
Approx. 60 villages in the city
Price per square meter 1,378 €
Rental homes 8-12 €/m 2
Half of the inhabitants live in
22,733
Detached houses
Blocks of flats
Terraced houses
Others
17,655
6,506
969
Plots in villages and in the city
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There is the cottage
More than 7,700 summer houses
Approx. 30,000 leisure-time residents
450 lakes
The most popular summer house
municipality in Finland Iltalehti 2012
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7th biggest summer house municipality
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Living countryside
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Farms
1,071
Fields (ha)
46,950
Tranferred farmer subsidies (M€)
30.5
Number of farms subject to
holiday substitutes service
704
Number of water supply co-operatives 49
Real estates with water supply
in sparsely populated areas
3,700
Subsidised private roads
- qty
408
- km
1,447
Village committees
56
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Right on track
One of the biggest railway
crossings in Finland
(passenger and goods traffic)
Almost 200 transport and
forwarding companies
engaged in logistics
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Strategic Development Projects
Centre of logistics
Ratamo Health Centre
Canal of Kimola
Developing the centre of Kouvola
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The largest garrison city in Finland
Karelia Brigade
Conscripts approx. 3,600 p.a.
Personnel 580
Health centre and other
co-operation, for instance
Leijona Catering and
Construction Establishment 150
Utti Jaeger Regiment
Headquarters
Special Jaeger Battalion
Helicopter Battalion
Support Company
Logistics Centre
Personnel
Conscripts
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approx. 380
approx. 200 p.a.
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UPM Kymmene Oyj
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Kymi Paper and Pulp Mill
Kalso Veneer Mill
Verla Mill Museum
Vitality
from the
forest
Stora Enso,
Anjalankoski Mill
Wood Construction
• Centre of expertise in wood construction
• Wood products industry and wood construction
• Anjala Paper Mill
• Ingerois Board Mill
• Ankkapurha Industrial Museum
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Let’s move
8 sport centres
4 indoor ice rinks
5 indoor swimming pools
5 shooting ranges
3 golf centres
3 bowling alleys
Sami Hyypiä Arena
Airfields: Utti and Selänpää
Mielakka Ski Resort
Kouvola Formula-Center
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KPL – Finnish baseball
350 km of nature trails
110 km of illuminated jogging tracks
292 km of cycle ways
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MYPA – football
KOOKOO – ice hockey
KOUVOT – basketball
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1870 Kaipiainen railway station and
the truss bridge of Koria were built on the
Riihimäki - St Petersburg railway.
History 1700's onwards
1743-1809 Kymi River served as
a border between Sweden and
Russia from 1743 to 1809.
1756 Anjala cruciform church
was completed.
1874 Kouvola obtained a railway station
as a result of the construction of the
St Petersburg railway. The little village with
a station started to become a junction.
1872 Kymi and Kuusankoski
Paper Mills started.
1856 The first Emmental Cheese
was made In Sippola Manor.
1887 The oldest building in the
Ingerois mill area, brick board mill,
was completed.
1902 Arboretum Mustila was founded.
1911-1914 Kasarminmäki is a garrison area
built under the rule of the Russian Tsar.
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City of Culture
Houses of culture
Kouvola Hall
Kuusankoski Hall
10 libraries
1,528,606 library loans p.a.
Kymi Sinfonietta
Kouvola Theatre
Number of yearly audience approx. 40,000
POIKILO museums
Kuusankoski Theatre
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Happenings
Meidän maaseutu
Our countryside festival
on the race track
Kuulas
Kouvola Day
Celebration for
the citizens of Kouvola
International
Children's
Theatre Festival
MILjazz
Military music
in historical
garrison milieu
May Gospel
The biggest
gospel event in
Finland
Kymi Grand Prix
International
Trotting Race
Pioneer Festival
Rock Festival in historical
garrison milieu
Magic Days
Magicians’ competition
and training event
Kouvolan Komia
Music week
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Night of Fashion
Night of the Arts
Erä- ja vapaa-aikamessut
Fashion Night
twice a year
Cultureal event for
families all over the city
Wilderness and leisure time fair
every two years
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Shopping
Shopping Centre Manski
Shopping Centre Valtari
The world´s largest Prisma
supermarket
Shopping Centre Veturi
The sixth largest
shopping centre
in Finland
Shopping Centre Hansa
Kouvola market place
More than
80 shops
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More than 200 shops in the centre
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Mill Museum
Tykkimäki
Amusement Park
Relaxed and fun place!
Ruukkikylä shops
approx. 40 rides and games
Aquapark
Bursts of laughter and waves of joy!
Verla – UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Mustila Arboretum
The unique area of horticultural plants
Repovesi
National Park
The unique protected area of
forests and hills
More than 50 species of rhododendrons and azaleas
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