Ruokolahti

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Ruokolahti

Total population

5,658

Founded

1868

Land area942.09 km²

Coordinates61.29°, 28.81°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Ruokolahti is a municipality of Finland, situated in south-eastern Finland, in the region of South Karelia. Neighbouring municipalities are Imatra, Lappeenranta, Taipalsaari, Puumala, Sulkava, Punkaharju, Parikkala and Rautjärvi. Ruokolahti covers an area of 1,219.85 square kilometres (470.99 sq mi) of which 23% is water.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Kimmo Tiilikainen

Finnish politician

K

Kauko Kiisseli

Finnish amateur wrestler

M

Mika Kaljunen

Finnish biathlete

Heimo Haitto

Finnish violinist (1925–1999)

Artturi Rope

Finnish composer, conductor and musicologist (1903-1976)

T

Tuija Sikiö

Finnish biathlete

Holger Granström

Finnish association football and ice hockey player

Tauno Lappalainen

Finnish cross-country skier

R

Risto Alapuro

Finnish sociologist

Seija Anneli Silfverberg

Finnish ballet dancer

O

Ossi Karttunen

Finnish sprinter

G

Georg Engeström

Finnish painter (1921-2008)

Kimmo Kiljunen

Finnish politician

O

Olavi Sihvonen

Finnish Nordic combined skier (1918-1984)

Rauni Ikäheimo

Finnish actress (1924–1997)

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Juha Tella

Finnish biathlete

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

Nearby places in South Karelia

• Pokojec
  1159.9 mi away · pop. 6
• Gornji Macelj
  1160.5 mi away · pop. 161
• Gotalovec
  1161 mi away · pop. 155
• Topličica
  1161.2 mi away · pop. 159
• Grtovec
  1161.9 mi away · pop. 342
• Lužani Zagorski
  1162.2 mi away · pop. 125
• Gornji Kraljevec
  1162.7 mi away · pop. 353
• Gornja Selnica
  1163.1 mi away · pop. 201
• Donji Macelj
  1163.1 mi away · pop. 566
• Gornje Jesenje
  1163.2 mi away · pop. 749
• Pažurovec
  1163.3 mi away · pop. 83
• Donji Kraljevec
  1163.4 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

rabbitfoot clover

Trifolium arvense

Seen 2026-09-25

Whooper Swan

Cygnus cygnus

Seen 2026-09-24

Winter Moth

Operophtera brumata

Seen 2026-09-24

Juniper Carpet

Thera juniperata

Seen 2026-09-23

Mottled Umber

Erannis defoliaria

Seen 2026-09-23

Tiered tooth fungus

Hericium cirrhatum

Seen 2026-09-22

Pear-shaped Puffball

Apioperdon pyriforme

Seen 2026-09-21

hairy curtain crust

Stereum hirsutum

Seen 2026-09-21

Feathered Thorn

Colotois pennaria

Seen 2026-09-20

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