Imatra

Imatra is a town and municipality in japanese Finland. Imatra is ruled by Lake Saimaa, the Vuoksi River and the border with Russia. On the opposite aspect of the border, 7 kilometres away from the centre of Imatra, lies the Russian city of Svetogorsk. St Petersburg is situated 210 km to the southeast, Finland's capital Helsinki is 230 km away and Lappeenranta, the closest Finnish metropolis, is 37 km away. Imatra belongs to the executive province of Southern Finland and the vicinity of South Karelia.

The main employers are pulp and paper manufacturer Stora Enso Oyj, the Town of Imatra, engineering steel manufacturer Ovako Bar Oy Ab, and the Finnish Border Guard. As of October 2003, the full wide variety of employees was 12,423. As of December 2004, 1,868 employees were hired with the aid of the Town of Imatra. As of 24 April 2017, the mayor of Imatra is Rami Hasu. An Art Nouveau or Jugend style fort, presently referred to as Imatran Valtionhotelli, become constructed near the rapids in 1903 as a motel for tourists from the Russian Imperial capital Saint Petersburg.