Lappeenranta in South Karelia

11 July 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Lappeenranta Harbour - Photo by Petritap

Lappeenranta Harbour – Photo by Petritap

Lappeenranta is a city and municipality that resides on the shore of the lake Saimaa in South-Eastern Finland, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the Russian border. It belongs to the region of South Karelia. With approximately 72,000 inhabitants Lappeenranta is the 13th largest city in Finland. The neighboring municipality of Joutseno was consolidated with Lappeenranta on January 1, 2009, and the neighboring municipality of Ylämaa on January 1, 2010.   read more…

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