Lappeenrannan kaupunki

city in Finland
Province	Southern Finland
Region	South Karelia
Sub-region	Lappeenranta
City manager	Seppo Miettinen
Official languages	Finnish
Area  - total  - land	ranked 85th 847.86 km² 760.03 km²
Population  - total (April, 2007)  - change  - density	ranked 11th 59092 +0,1 % 77.6/km²
Urbanisation	90.4 %
Unemployment rate	14.7 %
http://www.lappeenranta.fi/

Lappeenranta (or Villmanstrand in Swedish) is a city and municipality that resides on the shore of the lake Saimaa in South-Eastern Finland, about 30 km from the Russian border. It belongs to the province of Southern Finland and the region of South Karelia. With 59,000 inhabitants (December 31, 2004) Lappeenranta is the eleventh-largest city of Finland. Image File history File links Lappeenranta_coat_of_arms. ... The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of administration in Finland and act as the fundamental administrative units of the country. ... Image File history File links Location_of_Lappeenranta_in_Finland. ... Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län). ... The Province of Southern Finland is a province of Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... The Region of South Karelia is a region (maakunta / landskap) of Finland. ... In 2005 Finland is divided into 77 sub-regions (seutukunta in Finnish, ekonomisk region in Swedish). ... The council-manager government is one of 2 main variations of representative municipal government (for contrast, also see Mayor-Council government). ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... This is a list of the municipalities of Finland sorted by area as of 2003: 17321,32 km²: Inari/Enare 12416,81 km²: Sodankylä 8463,59 km²: Enontekiö/Enontekis 8411,79 km²: Kittilä 7915,51 km²: Rovaniemen_mlk/Rovaniemi_lk 6470,65 km²: Savukoski 5878,00 km²: Salla 5865,79 km²: Pudasj... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... This is a list of the municipalities of Finland sorted by population as of 31st of December 2005: Helsinki (Helsingfors) 560 905 {+0,3%} Espoo (Esbo) 231 704 {+1,9%} Tampere (Tammerfors) 204 337 {+0,7%} Vantaa (Vanda) 187 281 {+1,0%} Turku (Ã…bo) 174 868 {+0,0%} Oulu (Ule... Urbanization is the degree of or increase in urban character or nature. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This is a list of towns in Finland. ... The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of administration in Finland and act as the fundamental administrative units of the country. ... Saimaa, or Saimen in Swedish, is a lake in southeastern Finland. ... The Province of Southern Finland is a province of Finland. ... The Region of South Karelia is a region (maakunta / landskap) of Finland. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

The town was chartered in 1649 by Queen Christina of Sweden, legitimizing the trade at the then popular marketplace of Lapvesi. // Events January 30 - King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland is beheaded. ... Christina (Kristina) (December 8, 1626 – April 19, 1689), later known as Maria Christina Alexandra and sometimes Count Dohna, was Queen regnant of Sweden from 1632 to 1654. ...

Services

Education

Lappeenranta has numerous schools at almost all levels of education, including a University of Technology.

Traffic

Lappeenranta is connected to its neighbor cities and municipalities by road, with railways heading to south and north.

During the summer season, when Lake Saimaa and Saimaa Canal are accessible by ships, there is a ship connection from Lappeenranta to Vyborg, Russia. A Picture of Saimaa Saimaa, or Saimen in Swedish, is a lake in southeastern Finland. ... Saimaa Canal (Finnish: Saimaan kanava, Swedish: Saima kanal) is a canal in a system of 120 interconnected lakes in the south-central and south-east part of Finland. ... A view of Vyborg from the castle tower Vyborg (Russian: ; Finnish: ; Swedish: ; German: ) is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated on the Karelian Isthmus near the head of the Bay of Vyborg, 130 km to the northwest of St. ...

There is also a mid-size airport at Lappeenranta, which on a busy day serves circa 30 aircraft per day, and in minimum, only a few.

Economy

The city's main employers are the City of Lappeenranta, UPM-Kymmene, South Karelia Central Hospital, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Paroc, Nordkalk, VR-Group, Cloetta Fazer, The Armed Forces, Larox and Pola. UPM-Kymmene (NYSE: UPM) is a Finnish pulp and paper manufacturer. ... The Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) (in Finnish: Lappeenrannan teknillinen yliopisto, LTY) was established in 1969. ... Nordkalk is the leading manufacturer of limestone-based products in Northern Europe. ... Fazer is one of the largest corporations in the Finnish food and confectionery industry. ... LAROX, founded in 1977 and headquartered at Lappeenranta, Finland, is a finnish engineering company that develops, designs and manufactures industrial filters for use in mining and metallurgy, chemical processing and related industries. ...

A large portion of Lappeenranta workers live in the neighboring municipalities, mainly Joutseno, Taipalsaari, Lemi and Savitaipale. Lappeenranta is connected to these municipalities by roads. Joutseno is a town (kaupunki) of Finland. ... Taipalsaari is a municipality of Finland. ... Lemi is a municipality of Finland. ... Savitaipale is a municipality of Finland. ...

Culture and people

Laila Hirvisaari (formely Laila Hietamies) has written a novel series about Lappeenranta and its people. Laila Ellen Kaarina Hirvisaari (until 2004 known as Laila Hietamies; born June 7, 1938 in Vyborg, Finland) is a Finnish author and writer. ...

Kotiteollisuus is very popular Finnish hard rock band coming from Lappeenranta. Kotiteollisuus is a Finnish metal band that was formed in 1991. ...

Mokoma is Finnish thrash metal band from Lappeenranta. It's also very popular in Finnish metal scene. Tuomo Saikkonen Mokoma is a Finnish thrash metal band formed in Lappeenranta 1996. ...

Hanna Pakarinen the first Idols winner in Finland came from Lappeenranta. Pakarinen performing her ESC-song Leave Me Alone in Helsinki. ...

Vesa Vierikko Finnish actor born in the town. Vesa Vierikko (b. ...

Christian Ruuttu Ice hockey player in the NHL in the mid-90s born in Lappeenranta. Christian Ruuttu was born on 20 February 1964, in Lappeenranta, Finland and is a former professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League. ...

Arvi Lind Legendary news anchor. Arvi Lind (born December 21, 1940, Lauritsala) is a retired Finnish television news presenter. ...

Movies There are two private movie theaters in Lappeenranta: Kino-Aula & Nuijamies which show movies with subtitles in both Finnish & Swedish). For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as...

Tourism

Lappeenranta is known as a summer city, mostly due to its closeness to the lake Saimaa. In addition, its inland location means that summers tend to be warmer and winters colder than in the shore parts of the country. Saimaa, or Saimen in Swedish, is a lake in southeastern Finland. ...

Lappeenranta, however, does have a healthy winter tourism industry. Various cabins around Lake Saimaa, as well as numerous snowmobile, skiing and sledding tracks draw a fair number of winter visitors.

The proximity of the Russian border is increasingly visible in the number of Russian tourists visiting the city. In fact, Saint Petersburg of Russia is closer (211 km) to Lappeenranta than Helsinki, the capital of Finland (221 km). Unusually for Finland, the second language spoken by many local residents is Russian. The presence of Russians is obvious with many Russian registered cars on the streets and Cyrillic signs in shops. Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... Nickname: Location of Helsinki in Northern Europe Coordinates: Country Finland Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Charter 1550 Capital city 1812 Government  - Lord Mayor Jussi Pajunen  - Mayor Pekka Korpinen  - Mayor Ilkka-Christian Björklund  - Mayor Pekka Sauri  - Mayor Paula Kokkonen Area  - City 187. ...

Good places and events to visit are

• The old fortress, with a number of museums, cafés and the oldest Orthodox church in Finland.
• The harbour area, with cruises to Vyborg and the nearby Saimaa Canal.
• The central market place, where you can enjoy the local specialities - meat pies known as "Atomi" (atom) or "Vety" (hydrogen).
• The Night of The Fort, a two-day cultural festival in early August.
• The annual Lappeenranta National Singing Contest.
• The "Huvisatama" -only in summers of course, offers a wide variety of amusement to everybody.

A view of Vyborg from the castle tower Vyborg (Russian: ; Finnish: ; Swedish: ; German: ) is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated on the Karelian Isthmus near the head of the Bay of Vyborg, 130 km to the northwest of St. ... Saimaa Canal (Finnish: Saimaan kanava, Swedish: Saima kanal) is a canal in a system of 120 interconnected lakes in the south-central and south-east part of Finland. ...

External links

• Official site
• Wikitravel.org
• Satellite Image of Lappeenranta at Google Maps
• Detailed aerial photography of Lappeenranta (press "ilmakuva"). Much more detail than in Google's service.

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Picture Gallery

Port of Lappeenranta at night

Memorial at Lappeenranta to the dead of the Winter and Continuation Wars. The wall in the background carries the names of Finnish dead buried inside Karelia (whose graves were not easily accessible to Finns until well into the 1990s). The figures are cleaners carrying out a daily clean and tidying of the memorial. May 2000

Port of Lappeenranta by day

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