Province of Kymi

Province of Kymi

Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name = "Kymen lääni
Kymmene län"
conventional_long_name = Province of Kymi
common_name = Kymi
subdivision = Province
nation = Finland
event_start = Paris Peace Treaty
year_start = 1947
date_start = February 10
event_end = Southern Finland est.
year_end = 1997
date_end = December 31
event_pre = Moscow Armistice
date_pre = September 19, 1944
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p1 = Province of Viipuri
flag_p1 = Flag of Finland.svg
s1 = Southern Finland
flag_s1 = Flag of Finland.svg







image_map_caption =
capital = Kouvola
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stat_pop1 =
leader1 =
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title_leader= Governor
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The Province of Kymi ( _fi. Kymen lääni, _sv. Kymmene län) was a province of Finland from 1947 to 1997.

The Province of Kymi was the remainder of the territory from the Province of Viipuri after the main part was left to Russia at the Moscow Armistice in 1944. By the Paris Peace Treaty in 1947 territories on the Karelian Isthmus was formally ceded to the Soviet Union.

In 1997 it was merged togeather with the Province of Uusimaa and the southern parts of the Province of Häme into the new Province of Southern Finland.


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