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Karhula
Kymenlaakso, Finland · Europe
About Karhula
Karhula sits on the route: 10 minutes from Kotka.
Karhula is in Kymenlaakso, Finland, with about 23,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Kotka, about 6 km away.
Karhula is a former market town (kauppala) and a former municipality of Finland in the former Kymi Province, now in the Kymenlaakso region. It was consolidated with the town of Kotka in 1977. Its seat was in Helilä, however the municipality was named after the industrial area of Karhula (also known asRead more
Karhulanniemi).
The bears on the former coat of arms refer to the name of the municipality (Karhula literally means "place of bear"), while the hammers in their hands refer to the industrial history of Karhula. The coat of arms was designed by Ahti Hammar, and it was approved for use on 10 November 1955.
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Karhula is in Kymenlaakso, Finland, about 6 km from Kotka.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 22,867
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Finland
- Region
- Kymenlaakso
- Timezone
- Europe/Helsinki
- Coordinates
- 60.5216, 26.9312
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Essential numbers in Finland
Winter tyres mandatory December–February.
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When to drive here
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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