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 .
8-584: The Hamina Tattoo is a biannual military event in Hamina , Finland . It is the official military tattoo of the Finnish Defense Forces . It was established in 1990. The event has usually taken place in July or August. It was established as a result of an idea proposed in the early 1980s. The main venue of the tattoo has been Hamina Fortress since 1998. This article about the military of Finland
16-534: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hamina 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
24-647: Is situated in Hamina. Vehkalahti was as 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
32-729: The Russian Empire . In 1812, the previously conquered territories known as Old Finland (including Hamina) were joined to 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
40-409: The commercially vibrant city of Vyborg 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
48-593: The old coat of arms was replaced with Vehkalahti's coat of arms. The old coat of arms 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 . Rampart Field Too Many Requests If you report this error to
56-488: The town of Loviisa was the next Swedish candidate for an Eastern-Finnish trade center. Hamina became 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
64-527: The town was completed between 1722 and 1724. The star-shaped fortress and 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
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