Utti is a village in

Valkeala Valkeala is a former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland, and is a neighborhood of city of Kouvola, and it was a part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality had a population of 11,238 (2003) and cove ...

, since 2009 a part of

Kouvola Kouvola () is a city in Finland and the administrative capital of Kymenlaakso. It is located in the southeastern interior of the country. The population of Kouvola is approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland, and the 17th m ...

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. In 1918 General Carl Gustaf Mannerheim set up the first

Finnish Air Force The Finnish Air Force (FAF or FiAF; ; ) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. Its peacetime tasks are airspace surveillance, identification flights, and production of readiness formations for wartime conditions. The Finnish Air ...

base in the village. Today, Utti is best known for the

Utti Jaeger Regiment The Utti Jaeger Regiment (, () Special jaegers) is the Finnish Army training and development centre for special forces and helicopter operations in charge of the Army Special Forces Unit and the Special Forces Qualification Course. Function Re ...

, a helicopter base and a training ground for special forces and military police, and civilian

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recreational activities.

History

The name of Utti is derived from the Swedish male given name ''Udde''. Utti was first mentioned in 1708 as a division of the village of Haimila within the

parish, but a farm named ''Utti'' has existed since the 16th century. In 1789 the Battle of Utti took place there between

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and

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n forces. The

was formed in 1997. After the disestablishment of the Valkeala municipality in 2009, Utti became a part of

References

Finnish Defence Forces Utti Jaeger Regiment
Kouvola Villages in Kymenlaakso {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub