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7.9.1620

• The Swedish king Gustaf II Adolf founded the City
  of Kokkola on September 7th, 1620 in order to
  control the trade and other means of livehood
  along the coast.
• The king decided that a tar barrel, with three
  burning flames coming from both the ends and the
  plug, should be used as a town seal.

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Chydenius and free trade

• The City of Kokkola was granted staple rights by
  the Swedish Parliament in 1765, that is free
  foreign trade without interference from
  Stockholm.
• Anders Chydenius, the Church Dean of the Kokkola
  Region, fought in Parliament for the freedom of
  trade and other social reforms.

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• Kokkola, the capital of the Central Ostrobothnia
  Region, is situated on the coast of the Gulf of
  Bothnia, in the valley of the Perho River

The coordination point N 63 50,4 E 23 08,4 is
measured at the Kokkola City Hall and its Kokkola
Hall.
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Logistics

• Roads
• Kokkola is situated in the crossing of the main
  roads 8, 13 and 28
• Railway
• The main railway of Ostrobothnia connects Kokkola
  and its harbour to the rest of Finland and the
  Finnish-Russian frontier crossing points. 
• By sea
• In the port of Kokkola the channel depth is 13
  meters, the total length of the docks about 2
  kilometres and storage space about 70.000 m2.
• All weather terminal
• By air
• 7 daily flights from Kronoby Airport to Helsinki.
  Fortunately, also return flights!

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Kokkola today

• Population
• 36 516 inhabitants of which
• Finnish-speaking 81.3
• Swedish-speaking 17.3
• other languages 1.4
• Changes in population 2006
• 249 inhabitants 
• Surface area
• 327.5 km2 of which area
  covered by plan 36 km2
• Housing
• one family houses 50.1
• row houses 10.1
• apartment buildings 36.0
• others 3.8

The political structure Parties
Seats Centre Party of Finland
12 Social Democratic Party of Finland
12 Swedish Peoples Party in Finland
9 Christian League of Finland 7 The National
Coalition Party 5 The Left wing 4 The
Green Party 1 Finnish Traditional Party 1
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Work and living

• Population over 15 years of age
• certificate 62.9
• institute degree 62.6
• university degree 37.4
• Working places according to sector
• industry 19,2
• commerce, lodging and nutrition 17,3
• electric power, gas and water supply 0,8
• financial, real estate and other services 10,2
• transport, communication 7,0
• construction 6,6
• agriculture and forestry 1,4
• social services 35,6
• unknown sector 1,9

• The most important employers
• The City of Kokkola and the federations of
  municipalities
• Boliden Kokkola Ltd.
• OMG Kokkola Chemicals Ltd
• Kemira Ltd.
• Kemira GrowHow Ltd.
• KemFine Ltd.
• TETRA Chemicals Europe Ltd.
• KPO combine
• Halpa-Halli

Support area 3 (national) objective 2 region (EU)
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Education in three languages

• University education
• Central Ostrobothnia Polytechnic
• Chydenius Institute - Kokkola university centre
  a separate institute for the Universities of
  Jyväskylä, Vaasa and Oulu.
• Professional second level education
• Technology, business, service, culture and social
  work, and health care
• Professional further education and post-graduate
  education
• The institute for Adult Education, Polytechnics
  and Chydenius Institute
• Research and services for development of products
  and
• production
• The technology Service Centre KETEK
• Centria
• Chemistry Centre, a part of the national
  programme for specialised centres

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From Staple Rights to a Regional Centre A
Continuous Development Kokkola

• The regional centre programme for the Kokkola
  region strengthens its know-how in the economic
  life of the region, the availability of the
  personnel and its international competitiveness.

The sectors according to the regional centre
programme laser coating, boat industry,
communication technology (ICT-sector),
co-operation with higher education and
universities, development of other areas with
regional co-operation.
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Kokkola, the City of trade at your service

• Kokkola, with its small town atmosphere,
  concentrates the services to the close built town
  centre.
• The townscape is coloured by its old tradition of
  trade.
• Did you remember to push down the prices?

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Maritime nature as a resource

• The sea and the archipelago offer an excellent
  environment for a range of leisure activities.
• The culture and leisure time services of the City
  collect both devotees and audience from the
  region and outlying areas.
• A pleasant atmosphere, safe surroundings and the
  quality of life are the natural attractions of
  Kokkola.

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