Well-being of residents, housing and attractive living environment

Central Ostrobothnian Central Hospital is the nearest on-call hospital for about 200,000 citizens, ensuring quick access to specialized medical care. In addition to being the region’s social and healthcare service cluster, the central hospital is also a factor contributing to Kokkola’s vitality. The hospital employs a diverse workforce and attracts professionals the from fields of medicine, nursing, and support services to the region.

Keeping Soite, the wellbeing services county of Central Ostrobothnia as an independent wellbeing services county ensures that the region’s unique characteristics, such as population structure, bilingualism, service needs, and geographical conditions, are considered in the decision-making and in planning and organizing services.

Kokkola’s goal is that the importance of small but well-functioning and efficient wellbeing services counties in promoting residents’ well-being and building regional vitality would be recognized in national decision-making.

The Kokkola National Urban Park is the largest of Finland’s national urban parks. It was established by a decision of the Ministry of the Environment in 2020. The goal is to preserve the Kokkola National Urban Park, urban nature and the built cultural environment as an extensive and cohesive entity in accordance with the conditions specified in the Land Use and Building Act.

Kokkola manages and develops the national urban park as a whole, nurturing and strengthening its natural and cultural heritage values.