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{{Short description|City in southeastern Finland}} {{For|the former cinema|Imatra (cinema)}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Imatra | official_name = {{lang|fi|Imatran kaupunki}}<br />{{lang|sv|Imatra stad}} | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = File:Imatrankoski_Valtionhotelli_ilma.jpg | image_caption = Imatran Valtionhotelli | image_shield = Imatra.vaakuna.svg | shield_size = 120x80px | image_map = Imatra sijainti Suomi.svg |coordinates = {{coord|61|11|N|028|46|E|display=inline,title}} |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Finland|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = [[South Karelia]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Sub-regions of Finland|Sub-region]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Imatra sub-region|Imatra]] | leader_title = [[City manager]] | leader_name = Matias Hildén | established_title = [[Charter]] | established_date = 1948 |area_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|area_footnotes|Imatra}} |area_total_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_total_km2|Imatra}} |area_land_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_land_km2|Imatra}} |area_water_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_water_km2|Imatra}} |area_rank = {{Data Finland municipality|area_rank|Imatra}} |population_as_of = {{Data Finland municipality|population_as_of|Imatra}} |population_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|population_footnotes|Imatra}} |population_total = {{Data Finland municipality|population_total|Imatra}} |population_density_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|population_density_km2|Imatra}} |population_rank = {{Data Finland municipality|population_rank|Imatra}} |demographics_type1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics_type1|Imatra}} |demographics1_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_footnotes|Imatra}} |demographics1_title1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title1|Imatra}} |demographics1_info1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info1|Imatra}} |demographics1_title2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title2|Imatra}} |demographics1_info2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info2|Imatra}} |demographics1_title3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title3|Imatra}} |demographics1_info3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info3|Imatra}} |demographics1_title4 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title4|Imatra}} |demographics1_info4 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info4|Imatra}} |demographics_type2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics_type2|Imatra}} |demographics2_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_footnotes|Imatra}} |demographics2_title1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title1|Imatra}} |demographics2_info1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info1|Imatra}} |demographics2_title2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title2|Imatra}} |demographics2_info2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info2|Imatra}} |demographics2_title3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title3|Imatra}} |demographics2_info3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info3|Imatra}} |blank_name = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_name|Imatra}} |blank_info = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_info|Imatra}} | blank3_name = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]] | blank3_info = [[Subarctic climate|Dfc]] |timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] |utc_offset = +02:00 |timezone_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] |utc_offset_DST = +03:00 | website = {{Url|https://www.imatra.fi/en/}} }} '''Imatra''' is a [[city]] in [[Finland]], located in the southeastern interior of the country. Imatra is located in the region of [[South Karelia]], on [[Saima|Lake Saimaa]] and the [[River Vuoksi]]. The population of Imatra is approximately {{formatnum:{{#expr:{{Data Finland municipality/population count|{{PAGENAME}}}}round -3}}}}, while the [[Imatra sub-region|sub-region]] has a population of approximately {{formatnum: {{#expr: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Imatra}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Parikkala}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Rautjärvi}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Ruokolahti}}round -3}}}}. It is the {{ordinal|{{Data Finland municipality/population count sequence|{{PAGENAME}}}}}} most populous [[Municipalities of Finland|municipality]] in Finland. Imatra lies on the [[Finland–Russia border|border with Russia]]. On the other side of the border, {{convert|7|km|spell=in}} away from the centre of Imatra, lies the Russian town of [[Svetogorsk]]. The city of [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]] is situated {{convert|210|km|abbr=on}} to the southeast, the Finnish capital [[Helsinki]] is {{convert|230|km|abbr=on}} away and [[Lappeenranta]], the nearest Finnish city, is {{convert|37|km|abbr=on}} away. The main employers are the pulp and paper manufacturer [[Stora Enso|Stora Enso Oyj]], the City of Imatra, the engineering steel manufacturer [[Ovako]] Bar Oy Ab and the [[Finnish Border Guard]]. {{as of|2003|October}}, the total number of employees was 12,423.<ref name="imatra">{{cite web|url=http://www.imatra.fi/|title=Imatra|website=Imatra|access-date=24 December 2017}}</ref> {{as of|2004|December}}, 1,868 people were employed by the City of Imatra. The city's nicknames include Imis, Ibiza and Nahkalippis City (leather baseball cap city). Due to its location close to the border, Russian tourists are a common sight in the city, and Russian [[tourism]] is a boon to the local economy. Most people shop in Imatra, and Imatra's [[tax-free shopping|tax-free]] sales are the third largest among Finnish cities (only Helsinki and Lappeenranta are ahead).<ref>Tiilikainen, Tenho: ''[http://www.esaimaalehtiartikkelit.fi/article?id=6678 Tax free -kauppa käy kiivaana] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013011904/http://www.esaimaalehtiartikkelit.fi/article?id=6678 |date=2016-10-13 }}''. ''[[Etelä-Saimaa]]'', 9 December 2006. (in Finnish)</ref> The name of Imatra is thought to derive from a [[Pre-Finno-Ugric substrate|pre-Finno-Ugric language]]. The lightning symbols on Imatra's coat of arms refer to the power plants that were built in the early 1920s at the Tainionskoski and [[Imatrankoski]] rapids. The [[coat of arms]] was designed by {{ill|Olof Eriksson|fi}} and approved by the Imatra Town Council on 9 August 1950. The [[Ministry of the Interior (Finland)|Ministry of the Interior]] approved the coat of arms for use on 25 October of the same year.<ref>{{cite book | title = Suomen kunnallisvaakunat | publisher = Suomen Kunnallisliitto | year = 1982 | page = 123 | isbn = 951-773-085-3 | language = fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://digi.narc.fi/digi/view.ka?kuid=10276911 | title = Imatran vaakunan vahvistaminen | publisher = Kansallisarkisto | work = Digitaaliarkisto: Heraldica I, vaakunat | access-date = July 26, 2022 | language = fi}}</ref>
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