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Lappeenranta (Finnish: [ˈlɑpːeːnˌrɑntɑ]; Swedish: Villmanstrand) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of South Karelia.It is located in the southeastern interior of the country and in the Finnish Lakeland.
At the beginning of Russian rule, the border guard regiments were often changed. The Lappeenranta fortifications were rebuilt in the 1750s. In the 1790s, the castle came under the command of Alexander Suvorov, who continued to develop it as part of the fortification system of southeastern Finland.
The following is a list of cities and towns (Finnish: kaupunki, Swedish: stad) in Finland.[a] The basic administrative unit of Finland is municipality.Since 1977, there is no legal difference between towns and municipalities, [1] and a municipality can independently decide to call itself a city or town if it considers that it meets the requirements of an urban settlement. [2]
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Lappeenranta Central Station (Finnish: Lappeenrannan rautatieasema, Swedish language: Villmanstrands järnvägsstation) is a train station located in the city of Lappeenranta in Finland. The station is served by traffic to Helsinki and Joensuu. The layout of the station building was changed in the early 2000s.
Lappeenranta Airport (IATA: LPP, ICAO: EFLP) (Finnish: Lappeenrannan lentoasema) is an international airport in Lappeenranta, Finland. It is 2.5 kilometers southwest of the city center and Lappeenranta Central Station. Opened in 1918, Lappeenranta Airport is the oldest airport still in operation in Finland.
There are 45,026 inhabitants in Nurmijärvi, the largest kunta in Finland, and 1,240 inhabitants in Kaskinen, the smallest kaupunki, so the kunta–kaupunki categorisation mainly concerns the name of the municipality. The areas of the municipalities vary, as the population is the primary criterion for forming a municipality.
Lappeenrannan kisapuiston jäähalli (lit. ' Lappeenranta's Kisapuisto ice hall ' ), often shortened to Kisapuiston jäähalli , is an ice hockey arena in the Lappeenrannan kisapuisto [ fi ] of Lappeenranta , Finland .