Imatra (Ruokolahti, Joutseno and Yaaski), Finland, Europe
Year 1948 latitude: 61° 13' longitude: 28° 49' Period Initiator(s) Planning organization Nationality initiator(s) Designer(s) / Architect(s) Alvar Aalto Design organization Inhabitants 39,357 (2007) Target population Town website http://www.imatra.fi/ Town related links http://www.discusmedia.com/album.php?album=40&page=2&id=16505 http://www.fi4ru.narod.ru/imatra.htm http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/1998/aalto/timeline/index.html Literature type of New Town: > scale of autonomy New-Town-in-Town Satellite New Town Company Town > client Private Corporation Public Corporation > policy Capital Decentralization Industrialization Resettlement Economic
The Borough of Imatra was formed around the three already existing settlements. Town status since 1971. In the course of the last 50 years, this amorphous group of settlements has grown into a modern industrial town. source:
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