Lappeenranta
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State : | Finland |
Landscape : | South Karelia |
Administrative community : | Lappeenranta |
Geographical location | 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 |
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 |
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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 | 56 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) :
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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
- Antti Aalto (* 1975), ice hockey player
- Irja Askola (* 1952), clergyman
- Pasi Häkkinen (* 1977), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Heikki Hietamies (* 1933), writer, journalist, presenter and comedian
- Ville Hostikka (* 1985), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Mikko Jokela (* 1980), ice hockey player
- Markku Laakso (* 1978), conductor
- Matti Lehtinen (* 1922), opera singer
- Simo Lipsanen (* 1995), triple jumper
- Pave Maijanen (* 1950), musician
- Väinö Muinonen (1898–1978), long-distance runner
- Miikka Multaharju (born 1977), football player
- Minna Nieminen (* 1976), rower
- Jukka Paarma (* 1942), clergyman
- Hanna Pakarinen (* 1981), pop singer
- Christian Ruuttu (* 1964), ice hockey player
- Petri Skriko (* 1962), ice hockey player and coach
- Vesa Viitakoski (* 1971), ice hockey player and coach
Climate table
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Lappeenranta
Source: wetterkontor.de
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 . (PDF; 199 kB)
- ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
- ^ Karl August Varnhagen von Ense : Life of Field Marshal Jakob Keith . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1844. pp. 75-77.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ City website - Twin Citys , accessed on May 23, 2017