Vaalimaa

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Vaalimaa

Coordinates60.60°, 27.81°

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

Overview

Vaalimaa is a village in the Virolahti municipality and a border crossing point between Finland and Russia. The border crossing station was opened in 1958 as a first road traffic crossing point between Finland and Soviet Union. With over 2 million annual crossings, it is the busiest border crossing in the Finnish-Russian border, and one of the busiest land border crossings of the European Union in general. European route E18 passes through Vaalimaa.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Veli Saarinen

Finnish cross-country skier

Väinö Koskela

Finnish long-distance runner

Anton Kotonen

Finnish politician (1876–1936)

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Antti Hytti

Finnish musician, composer and producer (1952–2021)

Eino Seppälä

Finnish middle distance runner

Uuno Klami

Finnish composer (1900–1961)

Väinö Liikkanen

cross-country skier

Aarne Sihvo

Finnish general and Chief of Defence (1889–1963)

Johannes Takanen

Finnish sculpturer (1849–1885)

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Antti Louhisto

Finnish sculptor (1918–1989)

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Anni Lilja

Finnish writer

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Arvo Rytkönen

Finnish politician

Carl Henrik Ahlqvist

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Elias Niemelä

Finnish poet

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Heikki Kainulainen

Finnish politician

Ilmo Nurmela

Finnish politician (1903-1974)

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

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.