Anjala was a town in Southern Finland, which merged in 1975 with Sippola to form

Anjalankoski Anjalankoski is a former town and municipality of Finland. It had 16 379 inhabitants in 2008. About 4/5 of the people live in the vicinity of the Kymi River. The most densely populated communities are Myllykoski and Inkeroinen. In addition, there ...

, later further merged into

Kouvola Kouvola () is a city and municipality in southeastern Finland. It is located along the Kymijoki River in the region of Kymenlaakso, kilometers east of Lahti, west of Lappeenranta and northeast of the capital, Helsinki. With Kotka, Kouvola is ...

. Anjala is remembered historically in connection with the 18th-century event known as the Anjala Conspiracy. The Regina School, one of the country's first public schools, was located here, as was its library, which was the first in the country. They were founded by with the help of the Christian educational society Pro Fide et Christianismo, of which he was a member.

People born in Anjala

* Gustaf Philip Creutz (1731–1785) * Otto Wrede (1851–1936) * Kari Rajamäki (b. 1948) * Jouko Jääskeläinen (b. 1952)

References

Populated places disestablished in 1975 Former municipalities of Finland {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub