Lappeenranta
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Lappeenranta Villmanstrand | ||
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Ceety | ||
| Lappeenrannan kaupunki | ||
 Lappeenranta harbour | ||
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 Location o Lappeenranta in Finland | ||
| Coordinates: 61°04′N 028°11′E / 61.067°N 28.183°ECoordinates: 61°04′N 028°11′E / 61.067°N 28.183°E | ||
| Kintra |  Finland | |
| Region | Sooth Karelia | |
| Sub-region | Lappeenranta sub-region | |
| Chairter | 1649 | |
| Govrenment | ||
| • Ceety manager | Kimmo Jarva | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 1,723.50 km2 (665.45 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 1,433.36 km2 (553.42 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 290.14 km2 (112.02 sq mi) | |
| Aurie rank | 56t lairgest in Finland | |
| Population (2013-08-31)[2] | ||
| • Tot | 72,625 | |
| • Rank | 13t lairgest in Finland | |
| • Density | 50.67/km2 (131.2/sq mi) | |
| Population bi native leid | ||
| • Finnish | 95.9% (offeecial) | |
| • Swadish | 0.1% | |
| • Ithers | 4% | |
| Population by age | ||
| • 0 tae 14 | 15.1% | |
| • 15 tae 64 | 67% | |
| • 65 or aulder | 17.9% | |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% | |
| Urbanisation | 90.4% | |
| Unemployment rate | 14.7% | |
| Climate | Dfc | |
| Wabsteid | www.lappeenranta.fi | |
Lappeenranta (Swadish: Villmanstrand) is a ceety an municipality that resides on the shore o the loch Saimaa in Sooth-Eastren Finland, aboot 30 kilometres (19 miles) frae the Roushie border.
Twin touns – Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Lappeenranta is twinned wi:[6]
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References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Area by municipality as of 1 Januar 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish an Swadish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 Mairch 2011.
- ↑ "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.8.2013" (in Finnish an Swadish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 Dizember 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 Mairch 2009.
- ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 Dizember 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 Apryle 2009.
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 Mairch 2011.
- ↑ "Twin cities". Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ↑ "Twin Cities". Rakvere. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ↑ "Schwäbisch Hall and its twin towns". Stadt Schwäbisch Hall. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
