Heinola
Sign in to saveHeinola () is a town and a municipality of inhabitants () located in the eastern part of the Päijät-Häme region, Finland, near the borders of the South Savo region and the Kymenlaakso region. It is the third largest municipality in the region in terms of population after Lahti and Hollola. The neighbour municipalities of Heinola are Asikkala, Hartola, Iitti, Kouvola, Mäntyharju, Nastola, Pertunmaa and Sysmä.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Heinola
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Heinola.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- A view from Heinola railway bridge towards the town center
- Settlement.image_flag
- Heinola.lippu.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 120x70px
- Settlement.image_shield
- Heinola.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Heinola sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Heinola in Finland
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Päijät-Häme
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Lahti (current)Heinola (former)
- Settlement.leader_title
- Town manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Jari Parkkonen
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
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Heinola () is a town and a municipality of inhabitants () located in the eastern part of the Päijät-Häme region, Finland, near the borders of the South Savo region and the Kymenlaakso region. It is the third largest municipality in the region in terms of population after Lahti and Hollola. The neighbour municipalities of Heinola are Asikkala, Hartola, Iitti, Kouvola, Mäntyharju, Nastola, Pertunmaa and Sysmä.
In the coat of arms of Heinola, the Tavastia's provincial animal, the Eurasian lynx, crosses a fess resembling an arch bridge; it refers to the Jyränkö Bridge (Jyrängönsilta) from 1932, which crosses Jyrängönvirta, the smaller part of the Kymi River. The coat of arms was designed by Gustaf von Numers and approved by the Heinola Town Council at its meeting on 23 September 1958. The coat of arms was approved for use by the Ministry of the Interior on 11 November of the same year.