Heinola

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Heinolan Kaupunki
coat of arms map
Heinola coat of arms Location of Heinola in Finland
Basic data
State : FinlandFinland Finland
Landscape : Päijät-Häme
Administrative community : Lahti
Geographical location 61 ° 13 '  N , 26 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 61 ° 13 '  N , 26 ° 2'  E
Surface: 839.34 km²
of which land area: 676.45 km²
of which inland waterways: 162.89 km²
Residents : 18,889 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density : 27.9 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number : 111
Postcodes : 18100, 18300
Language (s) : Finnish
Website : heinola.fi
Heinola
Heinola

Heinola [ ˈhɛi̯nɔlɑ ] is a city in southern Finland . It is located 30 kilometers northeast of Lahti and 138 km from Helsinki .

Development of the population (as of December 31st) :

  • 1990 - 22,255
  • 1997 - 21,713
  • 2000 - 21,178
  • 2002 - 20,940
  • 2004 - 20,910

The Aschan House (Aschanin talo) with a small garden and free lido on the Ruotsalainen Lake is well worth seeing . A railway line of the Finnish railway VR-Yhtymä also leads to Lahti , which is reserved for freight traffic, but is sometimes used by special trains.

From 1999 to 2010 the Sauna World Championship was held annually in Heinola .

coat of arms

Description: In red a blue-tongued and blue-armed golden lynx running over a silver arched bridge .

Twin cities

Heinola has entered into a partnership with the following municipalities :

sons and daughters of the town

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish Land Surveyors): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 . (PDF; 199 kB)
  2. ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018

Web links

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