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Lappeenranta

Northern Europe

Lappeenranta is a city in the southeastern interior of Finland, in the Finnish Lakeland region, and the regional capital of South Karelia. It has about 73,000 residents in the city itself and roughly 88,000 across its sub-region, ranking as the 13th most populous municipality in Finland and the 11th most populous urban area in the country.

Facts
Population
73,241 1
Founding Year
1649 1
Climate Zone
Continental 2
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 3
Sources
1. Lappeenranta (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1649-00-00T00:00:00Z
  • P1082 (population)
    population 73,241 (2025)
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2. 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 61.25, 28.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 61.25, 28.25
61.25 28.25 Dfb
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3. GeoNames: Lappeenranta - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 648900, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 648900, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
61.05871 28.18871 P PPLA FI 09 091 405 72909 104 Europe/Helsinki
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Lappeenranta (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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