Lappeenranta

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Lappeenranta

Total population

73,316

Coordinates61.06°, 28.19°

Demographic figures from Statistics Finland. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Lappeenranta is a city in Finland and the regional capital of South Karelia. It is located in the southeastern interior of the country and in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Lappeenranta is approximately 73,000, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 88,000. It is the 13th most populous municipality in Finland, and the 11th most populous urban area in the country.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Mikko Jokela

Finnish ice hockey player

Hanna Pakarinen

Finnish pop and rock singer

Pasi Häkkinen

ice hockey player

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Markku Laakso

Finnish conductor

Jaska Raatikainen

Finnish drummer

Alexander Sumarokov

Russian poet, playwright

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Minna Nieminen

Finnish rower

Irja Askola

Finnish bishop

Ville Hostikka

Finnish ice hockey player

Pave Maijanen

Finnish singer (1950–2021)

Antti Aalto

Finnish ice hockey player

Léopold Survage

French painter (1879-1968)

Jukka Paarma

Finnish bishop

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Christian Ruuttu

Finnish ice hockey player

Väinö Muinonen

Finnish distance runner (1898–1978)

Heikki Hietamies

Finnish journalist, author and comedian

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in South Karelia

• Pokojec
  1135.3 mi away · pop. 6
• Gornji Macelj
  1135.8 mi away · pop. 161
• Gotalovec
  1136.4 mi away · pop. 155
• Topličica
  1136.6 mi away · pop. 159
• Grtovec
  1137.3 mi away · pop. 342
• Lužani Zagorski
  1137.4 mi away · pop. 125
• Gornji Kraljevec
  1138.1 mi away · pop. 353
• Donji Macelj
  1138.4 mi away · pop. 566
• Gornja Selnica
  1138.5 mi away · pop. 201
• Gornje Jesenje
  1138.5 mi away · pop. 749
• Pažurovec
  1138.7 mi away · pop. 83
• Donji Kraljevec
  1138.8 mi away · pop. 135

Browse all places in South Karelia →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.