Hamina ( Finnish pronunciation: [ˈhɑminɑ] ; Swedish : Fredrikshamn , Finland Swedish: [freːdriksˈhɑmn] , Sweden Swedish: [freːdrɪksˈhamːn] ) is a town and a municipality of Finland . It is located approximately 145 km (90 mi) east of the country's capital Helsinki , in the Kymenlaakso region , and formerly the province of Southern Finland . The municipality's population is 19,375 (as of 31 October 2024) and covers an area of 1,155.14 square kilometres (446.00 sq mi), of which 545.66 km (210.68 sq mi) is water. The population density is 31.77 inhabitants per square kilometre (82.3/sq mi). The population of the central town is approximately 10,000. The municipal language of Hamina is Finnish .
14-558: Highway 7 ( E18 ) is the town's road connection to Helsinki, after it was upgraded to a continuous motorway in September 2014. Hamina is also the base of one of the most important harbors of Finland, the Port of Hamina-Kotka . The port specializes in forest products and the transit of cargo to Russia . One of Google 's five European data centers is situated in Hamina. Vehkalahti was as
28-572: A Russian frontier town, for which a fortress was desirable. The Treaty of Fredrikshamn (1809), by which Sweden ceded Finland, including parts of the province of Lappland and Åland , was signed in Hamina. Thus Sweden was split, and the eastern half was formed into the Grand Duchy of Finland , an autonomous part of the Russian Empire . In 1812, the previously conquered territories known as Old Finland (including Hamina) were joined to
42-588: A municipality first mentioned in 1336. At the proposal of Count Per Brahe , the area surrounding the Vehkalahti church (today St. Mary's Church) received its charter in 1653 through the establishment of Vehkalahden Uusikaupunki (Veckelax Nystad in Swedish , "The New Town of Vehkalahti"). The town was later destroyed during the Great Northern War in 1712. As the commercially vibrant city of Vyborg
56-753: Is a highway in Finland . It runs from Erottaja in Helsinki to the Russian frontier at the Vaalimaa border crossing point in Virolahti . The road is 189 kilometres (117 mi) long. The road is also European route E18 and it is a part of TERN . The route of the road is Helsinki – Vantaa – Porvoo – Loviisa – Kotka – Hamina – Vaalimaa ( Russian border). With the section of motorway between Loviisa and Kotka opened to traffic in September 2014,
70-628: The Grand Duchy. Hamina Cadet School was founded in 1819 and was in operation until 1903. In 1920 the Reserve Officer School began in the same facilities. Because the town was founded next to the Vehkalahti Church, the municipal center had always been inside the town borders. Vehkalahti and Hamina were consolidated in 2003, and the old coat of arms was replaced with Vehkalahti's coat of arms. The old coat of arms
84-496: The Russian border; construction is due to begin in late 2015. [REDACTED] Media related to National road 7 (Finland) at Wikimedia Commons This European road or road transport-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about transport in Finland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Trans-European road network The Trans-European road network ( TERN )
98-552: The circular town plan, designed by Axel Löwen , were based on Central European and Italian Renaissance concepts from the 16th century. Fortress towns with a circular street plan like this are quite rare; one example is Palmanova in Italy. In 1743, Hamina was surrendered to Russia, after the Russo–Swedish War, 1741–1743 , and the town of Loviisa was the next Swedish candidate for an Eastern-Finnish trade center. Hamina became
112-529: The development of the trans-European transport network, which added definition not only to the proposed road network, but to other Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T), as they came to be called. This Decision is no longer in force either since it was replaced by Decision No 661/2010/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on Union guidelines for the development of
126-409: The necessary complementarity with applications whose deployment is facilitated under the trans-European telecommunications networks programme. In addition to specific priority axes and projects, projects of common interest form a common objective, the implementation of which depends on their degree of maturity and the availability of financial resources. Any project is of common interest which fulfils
140-465: The route from Helsinki to Hamina is now a continuous motorway. After completion of the motorway section bypassing the town of Hamina , due in late 2014, 155 km (96 mi) of the highway's total length of 193 km (120 mi) will be motorway . There is a plan to extend the motorway from its current endpoint in Lelu, Hamina to Vaalimaa by 2018, finalizing the motorway link between Helsinki and
154-708: The trans-European transport network. The trans-European road network, as laid out by Article 9 of Decision 661/2010/EU, is to include motorways and high-quality roads, whether existing, new or to be adapted, which: Beyond these, the network should guarantee users a high, uniform and continuous level of services, comfort and safety. It has also include infrastructure for traffic management, user information, dealing with incidents and emergencies and electronic fee collection, such infrastructure being based on active cooperation between traffic management systems at European, national and regional level and providers of travel and traffic information and value added services, which will ensure
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#1732776323463168-545: Was defined by Council Decision 93/629/EEC of 29 October 1993, and is a project to improve the internal road infrastructure of the European Union (EU). The TERN project is one of several Trans-European Transport Networks . Decision 93/629/EEC expired on 30 June 1995 so it was further expanded by the Decision No 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 on Community guidelines for
182-443: Was lost to Russia in 1721, Fredrikshamn (named in 1723 in the honor of King Frederick I of Sweden ) was dedicated to replace it. The town, hitherto a small domestic port with restricted trading privilege's, was granted extensive rights to conduct foreign trade. The Finnish speaking population soon abbreviated the name of the town to Hamina. The reconstruction of the town was completed between 1722 and 1724. The star-shaped fortress and
196-548: Was readopted in January 2013. Results of the 2021 Finnish municipal elections , resulted in The Finns Party being the largest group on Hamina council, in Hamina. The pesäpallo club Haminan Palloilijat fields teams in both the men's and women's Superpesis national league, playing at Rampart Field . Finnish national road 7 Finnish national road 7 ( Finnish : Valtatie 7 ; Swedish : Riksväg 7 )
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