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Lahti

Northern Europe

Lahti is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Paijat-Hame, located in the Finnish Lakeland. Its population is approximately 122,000, with the sub-region home to about 205,000, making it the ninth most populous municipality in Finland and the sixth most populous urban area in the country.

Facts
Population
121,832 1
Area (sq km)
154.58 1
Founding Year
1905 1
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Elevation (m)
122 1
Latitude
60.980381 degrees north 1
Longitude
25.654988 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Continental 3
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 2
Sources
1. Lahti (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
  • P1082 (population)
    population 121,832 (2025)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 60.980381, longitude 25.654988
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 122 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 154.58 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 121832 (2025)
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2. GeoNames: Lahti - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 649360
    60.98267 25.66151 P PPLA FI 07 071 398 121622 105 Europe/Helsinki
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 105 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 60.75, 25.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 60.75, 25.75
60.75 25.75 Dfb
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Wikidata: Lahti
Wikidata Q28911, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Lahti (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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