Vainikkala

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Vainikkala

Coordinates60.87°, 28.30°

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

Overview

Vainikkala is a small village of approximately 400 inhabitants in South Karelia, Eastern Finland. It is part of the Lappeenranta municipality and is located about 29 kilometres (18 mi) south of the city centre.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Erkki Kourula

Finnish judge

Matti Lehtinen

Finnish operatic baritone (1922–2022)

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Leea Virtanen

Finnish professor, folklorist

Valto Käkelä

Finnish politician

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Eino Lehtinen

Finnish sculptor

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Elias Käkelä

Finnish farmer and Member of Parliament (1883-1918)

Emil Åkesson

Finnish politician (1858-1930)

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Erkki Häkämies

Finnish politician (1928-1993)

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Heikki Kokko

Finnish politician

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Leena Kaarna

Finnish high jumper

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Mikko Manninen

Finnish association football player (born 1965)

Outi Ojala

Finnish politician

Jukka Kola

rector of University of Turku

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Sauli Häkkinen

Finnish psychologist, professor of work psychology (Helsinki University of Technology)

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Mikko Kaarna

Finnish politician

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Martti Kainulainen

Finnish actor, writer, director and theatre manager (1927–2000)

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

Nearby places in South Karelia

• Pokojec
  1125.8 mi away · pop. 6
• Gornji Macelj
  1126.5 mi away · pop. 161
• Gotalovec
  1126.9 mi away · pop. 155
• Topličica
  1127.2 mi away · pop. 159
• Grtovec
  1127.8 mi away · pop. 342
• Lužani Zagorski
  1128.1 mi away · pop. 125
• Gornji Kraljevec
  1128.6 mi away · pop. 353
• Gornja Selnica
  1129.1 mi away · pop. 201
• Donji Macelj
  1129.1 mi away · pop. 566
• Gornje Jesenje
  1129.2 mi away · pop. 749
• Pažurovec
  1129.2 mi away · pop. 83
• Donji Kraljevec
  1129.3 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.

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