Lemi

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Lemin kunta
coat of arms map
Lemi coat of arms Location of Lemi in Finland
Basic data
State : FinlandFinland Finland
Landscape : South Karelia
Administrative community : Lappeenranta
Geographical location 61 ° 3 '  N , 27 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 61 ° 3 '  N , 27 ° 48'  E
Surface: 262.50 km²
of which land area: 217.78 km²
of which inland waterways: 44.72 km²
Residents : 3,043 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density : 14 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number : 416
Language (s) : Finnish
Website : www.lemi.fi
The wooden tower of the Kreuzkirche in Lemi

Lemi [ ˈlɛmi ] ( Swedish historical: Klemis ) is a municipality in eastern Finland with 3043 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018). It is located in the South Karelia countryside , around 20 kilometers west of the city of Lappeenranta . The other neighboring communities are Luumäki , Savitaipale and Taipalsaari . The Lemi Community Center is located on the shores of Lake Kivijärvi .

Lemi originally belonged to the Taipalsaari parish . Construction of the first church in Lemi began in 1668, but before the church could be consecrated, it was arson two years later. In 1688 a new church was built and Lemi became its own chapel community . The current church, a wooden cruciform church , dates from 1786. Lemi has been an independent parish since 1806, the political community has existed since 1867.

Lemi is known for the traditional culinary specialty särä , a dish made from potatoes and lamb.

Localities

The municipality includes the places Ahtiala, Hakulila, Heikkilä, Huttula, Hyvärilä, Iitiä, Juvola, Kaamanniemi, Kuukanniemi, Kapiala, Keskisenpää, Korpela, Kurkela, Kärmeniemi, Laukkola, Lavola, Merenlahti, Muppetsola, Mikkola, Pöllölä, Ruohiala, Ruomi, Sairala, Sorvarila, Suomalainen, Suoniala, Suontakainen, Sutela, Taipale, Tevaniemi, Torvenniemi, Uiminniemi, Urola, Vainikkala and Värtölä.

Sons and daughters

Web links

Commons : Lemi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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