Parikkala

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Parikkala

Total population

5,768

Coordinates61.56°, 29.50°

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

Overview

Parikkala is a municipality of Finland located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region, 97 kilometres (60 mi) from Lappeenranta and 139 kilometres (86 mi) from Joensuu. The town center of Parikkala is about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the Russian border. The municipality has a population of 4,235 and covers an area of 760.71 square kilometres (293.71 sq mi) of which 167.78 km2 (64.78 sq mi) is water. The population density is 7.15 inhabitants per square kilometre (18.5/sq mi).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Finnish politician

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Kirsi Boström

Finnish orienteer

Hannu Siitonen

Finnish athletics competitor (born 1949)

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Jorma Härkönen

Finnish middle distance runner

Tuomas Aho

Finnish footballer

Lisa Sounio

Finnish businessman

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Jussi Reinikainen

Finnish veterinarian (1889-1969)

Raimo Kilpiö

Finnish ice hockey player

Veikko Haakana

Finnish writer

Aarno Karimo

Finnish painter and author (1886-1952)

Carl Robert Sederholm

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Aimo Pulkkinen

Finnish association football player (1928-2018)

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Alvar Wilska

Finnish physicist

Arto Räty

Finnish lieutenant general

Eija Karipää

Finnish actress

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Henry Haapalainen

Finnish singer, songwriter and record producer

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

Nearby places in South Karelia

• Pokojec
  1187.5 mi away · pop. 6
• Gornji Macelj
  1188.3 mi away · pop. 161
• Gotalovec
  1188.6 mi away · pop. 155
• Topličica
  1188.9 mi away · pop. 159
• Grtovec
  1189.5 mi away · pop. 342
• Lužani Zagorski
  1189.9 mi away · pop. 125
• Gornji Kraljevec
  1190.3 mi away · pop. 353
• Gornja Selnica
  1190.8 mi away · pop. 201
• Donji Macelj
  1190.9 mi away · pop. 566
• Pažurovec
  1190.9 mi away · pop. 83
• Gornje Jesenje
  1191 mi away · pop. 749
• Donji Kraljevec
  1191 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.

Recently spotted species

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-09-21

Pale Pinion

Lithophane socia

Seen 2026-09-17

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Xestia c-nigrum

Seen 2026-09-17

Brindled Ochre

Dasypolia templi

Seen 2026-09-16

Autumn Green Carpet

Chloroclysta miata

Seen 2026-09-16

Softly's Shoulder-knot

Lithophane consocia

Seen 2026-09-16

Mottled Umber

Erannis defoliaria

Seen 2026-09-16

Autumnal Moth

Epirrita autumnata

Seen 2026-09-15

Red-line Quaker

Agrochola lota

Seen 2026-09-15

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).