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Loviisa

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Loviisa, Finland
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Founded in 1745 as a border fortress against Russia, Loviisa is a compact bilingual town on Finland's southern coast, east of Helsinki, where much of the original fortification survives. The town sits amid an archipelago landscape with a café and restaurant scene that punches above its size, and the wider municipality is largely water. King Adolf Frederick renamed it after his wife Lovisa Ulrika following a visit in 1752, replacing the original name Degerby.

  • Population14,362
  • Nearest water from center0.5 km
  • Nearest mountain from center0.9 km
  • UNESCO within 50 km2
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