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On the other side of the border, 7 kilometres away from the centre of Imatra, lies the town of Svetogorsk . St Petersburg is situated 210 km to the southeast, Finland's capital Helsinki is 230 km away and Lappeenranta, the nearest Finnish town to Imatra in Finland, is 37 km away.

• Total surface area: 191.6 square kilometres (Land area 155.3 km², water area 36.3 km²)
• Population: 29,969 (as at December 31, 2003)

The main employers:

• Stora Enso OyjStora Enso Oyj is a Finnish Swedish pulp and paper manufacturer, formed by the merger of Swedish mining and forestry products company Stora and Finnish forestry products company Enso in 1998. It has approximately 42,500 employees and in 2002 it was the fi
• Municipality of Imatra
• Imatra Steel Oy Ab
• Border Guard

• Number of jobs: 12,426 ( OctoberOctober is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days. From the Latin octo for " eight" (it was originally the eighth month of the year, before January and February were inserted). Holidays Halloween Thanksgiving Day in Canada on 2003; figures from the Imatra town homepage)
• Number of municipal employees: 2 2003 (as at DecemberDecember is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days. From the Latin decem for " ten" (it was originally the tenth month of the year, before January and February were inserted). The winter solstice falls in December. 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom) (including permanent staff but excluding employees paid by the employment creation funds)

The current mayor of Imatra is Tauno Moilanen.

External links

• Official site