Luumäki

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Luumiessen kunta
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Luumäki Location of Luumäki in Finland
Basic data
State : FinlandFinland Finland
Landscape : South Karelia
Administrative community : Lappeenranta
Geographical location 60 ° 55 '  N , 27 ° 39'  E Coordinates: 60 ° 55 '  N , 27 ° 39'  E
Surface: 859.84 km²
of which land area: 749.92 km²
of which inland waterways: 109.92 km²
Residents : 4,662 (Dec 31, 2018)
Population density : 6.2 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number : 441
Language (s) : Finnish
Website : www.luumaki.fi

Luumäki [ ˈluːmæki ] is a municipality in eastern Finland with 4662 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018). It is located on Lake Kivijärvi (in German Steinsee) in the South Karelia countryside , 37 kilometers southwest of the city of Lappeenranta . The main town of the municipality is Taavetti, which was built around the Davydovskaya fortress founded by Tsarina Catherine II in 1773.

The state highway 6 of Pernå into Northern Finland Kajaani crosses Luumäki. Sights of the community include the Kotkaniemi House, in which the former Finnish President Pehr Evind Svinhufvud lived for a long time, defensive positions of the Salpalinja Line from World War II and the church built by Carl Ludwig Engel in 1845 . The lakes in the municipality have a total area of ​​110 square kilometers, the total length of their banks is 800 kilometers. There are around 3000 holiday homes in Luumäki .

Localities

The communities include Anjala, Antikkala, Askola, Ellola, Haimila, Heikkilä, Heimala, Hietamies, Himottula, Hirvikallio, Huomola, Huopainen, Husula, Hyyrylä, Iihola, Inkilä, Junttola, Jurvala, Juurikkala, Kannuskoski, Keskinen, Kiviniemi, Kokkola, Kolppola, Kontula, Koskela, Käkölä, Lakkala, Laukkala, Lensula, Luotola, Marttila, Mentula, Metsola, Multiala, Munne, Niemi, Nokkala, Nuppola, Nurmiainen, Okkola, Orkola, Parola, Pitkäpää, Pärukilä, Rantala, Saareks, Saarits, Saksala, Salmi, Sarkalahti, Sarvilahti, Siiropää, Sirkjärvi, Suoanttila, Suonpohja, Sydänmaanlakka, Tapavainola, Taukaniemi, Toikkala, Vainonen, Venäläinen and Viuhkola.

Sons and daughters

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 (PDF file; 194 kB)
  2. ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018

Web links

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