Kemi
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 Finland
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| Landscape : | Lapland |
| Administrative community : | Kemi-Tornio |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 44 ' N , 24 ° 34' E |
| Surface: | 747.44 km² |
| of which land area: | 95.27 km² |
| of which inland waterways: | 7.32 km² |
| of which sea area: | 644.85 km² |
| Residents : | 21,021 (Dec. 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 220.6 inhabitants / km² |
| Municipality number : | 240 |
| Language (s) : | Finnish |
| Website : | www.kemi.fi |
Kemi [ ˈkɛmi ] is a Finnish port city at the mouth of the Kemijoki in the Gulf of Bothnia . It is 91.96 km² in size, 1.25 km² of this area is water . Kemi was already an important trading center for hides and fish in the Middle Ages, benefiting from the waterways. In 1869 Kemi was granted city rights by an imperial and majestic decree ( Tsar Alexander II ) and its port gave it an important role in the course of industrialization . In 1903 Kemi was connected to the railway network. The wood processing companies are of particular economic importance.
Population development
Development of the population ( December 31 ) :
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Infrastructure and economy
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In Kemi, the VR railway line branches from Oulu into an eastern branch via Rovaniemi to Kemijärvi and a northern branch to Kolari . From Monday to Thursday there are three daily direct connections to Helsinki , and more on other days. There is also Kemi-Tornio Airport , which also serves the city of Tornio .
Located on the Gulf of Bothnia, Kemi also has two port terminals, Ajos and Veitsiluoto. Primarily raw materials and finished products from the paper and forest industries are shipped in both ports, but containers and bulk goods, such as ores, can also be handled there. Ajos also has an oil port for the import of oil products. Kemi is connected to other freight ports in Europe via regular liner services. In winter, ice in the Gulf of Bothnia makes it difficult to access Kemi's harbors, but several icebreakers from the Finnish National Board of Navigation are in use to keep the fairways open in winter.
Two large paper mills are located in Kemi, Stora Enso Veitsiluoto Mill (formerly Veitsiluoto Oy) and Metsä Board (formerly Kemi Oy), which produce kraftliner with an integrated pulp mill . There are chrome ore deposits nearby, which are supplied to the Outokumpu ferrochrome plant in Tornio .
coat of arms
Description: Divided into red and blue, a silver anchor above and a silver fish below . A golden crown above the coat of arms .
politics
Administration
Kemi is a stronghold of the Finnish left. The strongest political force is not one of the three Finnish people's parties, but the traditionally strong left-wing alliance in Lapland , which achieved the best result nationwide in the local elections in 2012 with a share of 32.3% of the votes and 15 of 43 seats on the city council, the highest decision-making body in communal affairs, provides. The second strongest force are the Social Democrats with almost a quarter of the votes and 11 seats.
The bourgeois camp is quite weak with the Center Party (7 seats) and the National Assembly Party (6 seats), the base Finns were able to make the largest profits in the 2008 elections and are now represented by 4 MPs, the Greens with one.
| Political party | 2012 election results | Seats |
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| Left alliance | 32.3% | 15th |
| Social democrats | 23.6% | 10 |
| Center Party | 16.8% | 7th |
| National rally party | 13.3% | 6th |
| Base fins | 8.7% | 4th |
| Green covenant | 2.3% | 1 |
Attractions
The most important attraction of Kemi is the gemstone gallery. Here you can see 3000 gemstones, a goldsmith's workshop and documentation on the creation and storage of gemstones. The most famous exhibits are a faithful replica of the crown of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and the Finnish crown. The gallery has seasonal opening times.
The town house in Kemi was completed in 1940 according to the plans of the architect Bertel Strömer. The upper floors of the 51 meter high building function as a water tower. During the Lapland War in 1944 the German troops tried to blow up the town house, but they failed. The building was expanded in 1967 and raised another floor. On the top floor there is a café and a terrace with a view over the region.
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The icebreaker Sampo , built in 1961, is located in the port of Kemi (Ajos) . The icebreaker, which has now been decommissioned and converted into a luxury cruise ship , has a capacity of up to 150 visitors. With the icebreaker you can take two to six-hour trips on the icy Baltic Sea in winter. This also includes excursions with ski and snowmobiles or dog and reindeer safaris . In summer you can visit the ship and eat in the restaurant. The 75 m long and 17.4 m wide icebreaker Sampo weighs 3450 tons and has an output of 8800 hp. Its top speed in open water is 16 knots .
The Kemi Snow Castle (Finnish: Lumilinna) has been built in Kemi every year since 1996 .
sons and daughters of the town
- Paavo Aaltonen (1919–1962), apparatus gymnast
- Antti Atamila, also known as Antti Anatomy, bassist for glam rock band Negative
- Mika Halvari (* 1970), shot putter
- Sanna Lankosaari (* 1978), ice hockey player
- Väinö Perttunen (1906-1984), wrestler
- Hannu Tihinen (* 1976), national soccer player
- Per Olof Ultvedt (1927–2006), kinetic artist
- Paavo Väyrynen (* 1946), politician
- Reima Virtanen (born 1947), boxer
- Members of the band Sonata Arctica (e.g. Tony Kakko , Jani Liimatainen )
- Jori Hulkkonen (* 1973), musician
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 . (PDF; 199 kB)
- ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
- ↑ Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases: Population 1980–2012 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Finnish Ministry of Justice: Results of the 2012 local elections
- ↑ Jalokivigalleria. In: experience365.fi. Retrieved October 21, 2018 .
