Lappeenranta

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Lappeenrannan kaupunki
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Lappeenranta Location of Lappeenranta in Finland
Basic data
State : FinlandFinland Finland
Landscape : South Karelia
Administrative community : Lappeenranta
Geographical location 61 ° 4 ′  N , 28 ° 11 ′  E Coordinates: 61 ° 4 ′  N , 28 ° 11 ′  E
Surface: 1,723.76 km²
of which land area: 1,433.54 km²
of which inland waterways: 290.22 km²
Residents : 72,699 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density : 50.7 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number : 405
Postcodes : 53101-55330
Language (s) : Finnish
Website : www.lappeenranta.fi
The lake and the city viewed from the fortress
The lake and the city viewed from the fortress
Saimaa Canal at Lappeenranta

Lappeenranta [ lɑpːɛːnrɑntɑ ] ( Swed. Villmanstrand ) is a town in the countryside of South Karelia in Finland with 72,699 inhabitants (December 31, 2018).

geography

The Saimaa Canal , which was built in 1845–1856 and connects Lake Saimaa with the Baltic Sea near Vyborg in Russia , flows into the Finnish Lake District in Lappeenranta . The proximity to the Russian border is particularly evident from the high number of Russian tourists .

Distances to other cities:

city distance Compass direction
Hämeenlinna 156 km W.
Helsinki 221 km WSW
Jyväskylä 222 km NW
Oulu 548 km NNW
St. Petersburg 230 km SO
Tampere 274 km WNW
Turku 360 km WSW
Vyborg 056 km SO

Lappeenranta is spread over an area of 1756 km² .

history

The city was founded in 1649 by Queen Christina I of Sweden . In 1721 it became the provincial capital. As a border town between Swedes , Finns and Russians fiercely fought for a long time, it came under Russian rule twenty years later in the "War of Hats" as a result of the Battle of Villmanstrand on September 3, 1741 (see Peter von Lacy and James Keith ).

Development of the population (reference: December 31) :

  • 1987 - 53,780
  • 1990 - 54,941
  • 1997 - 57,196
  • 2000 - 58,041
  • 2002 - 58,707
  • 2003 - 58,897
  • 2004 - 58,982
  • 2005 - 59,073
  • 2006 - 59,811
  • 2007 - 59,286
  • 2008 - 59,659

At the beginning of 2009, the neighboring municipality of Joutseno and in 2010 the municipality of Ylämaa were attached to Lappeenranta.

Attractions

Among the attractions the wooden include Town Hall (1829) by Carl Ludvig Engel and the oldest Greek Orthodox Church (1785) in Finland. The water tower offers a good view of the city, but is currently closed to the public due to health concerns. The greatest attraction is the fortress on the northern edge of the city.

35 km south of Lappeenranta is the small town of Ylämaa , the only mining and grinding area for the gemstone spectrolite .

economy

Cross-border trade is of great importance; Numerous Russians shop in Lappeenranta. They mainly buy cheese, fish and detergent. The most important branches of industry are wood processing and mechanical engineering . Lappeenranta is home to the UPM Kazier paper mill and a biorefinery belonging to the UPM Kymmene group. The Lappeenranta Airport is located 2 km west of the city.

Lappeenranta is the seat of a technical university founded in 1969 with approx. 5700 students and 980 employees.

Sports

Saimaan Pallo is an ice hockey club in the city founded in 1948. The team plays in the first division and plays its home games in the Kisapuisto hall . The club Lappeenrannan NMKY became Finnish champions in basketball in 2005 and 2006.

Lappeenranta hosted the Women's Bandy World Championship in 2004 and 2014 .

Others

Lappeenranta is the location of the Finnish crime series Bordertown from 2016.

Twin cities

Lappeenranta is twinned with the following cities:

sons and daughters of the town

Climate table

Lappeenranta
Climate diagram
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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: wetterkontor.de
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Lappeenranta
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) -6.5 -5.7 -0.2 6.4 14.8 19.7 21.3 19.1 13.0 6.9 0.8 -3.6 O 7.2
Min. Temperature (° C) -12.7 -12.2 -7.5 -1.6 4.6 9.8 12.1 10.9 6.3 1.6 -3.4 -9.3 O −0.1
Precipitation ( mm ) 37 29 33 31 31 50 67 82 71 64 58 50 Σ 603
Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 1.1 2.6 4.3 6.0 8.5 8.9 8.4 6.7 4.1 2.3 0.8 0.6 O 4.5
Rainy days ( d ) 10 8th 8th 7th 7th 8th 10 12 11 12 13 12 Σ 118
Humidity ( % ) 88 87 82 73 64 65 70 77 84 87 91 90 O 79.8
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Source: wetterkontor.de

Web links

Commons : Lappeenranta  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Lappeenranta  - travel guide

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 . (PDF; 199 kB)
  2. ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
  3. ^ Karl August Varnhagen von Ense : Life of Field Marshal Jakob Keith . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1844. pp. 75-77.
  4. ↑ lappeenranta-joutseno.fi ( memento of the original from February 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lappeenranta-joutseno.fi
  5. ↑ Ann-Dorit Boy: For a cup of tea in South Karelia. In the south-east of Finland, dealers are happy about the return of Russian customers . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, March 31, 2015, p. 3.
  6. ↑ City website - Twin Citys , accessed on May 23, 2017