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Lappeenranta is a monolingual Finnish-speaking municipality. There are 121 Swedish speakers in Lappeenranta, or 0.2% of the population. [24] As English and Swedish are compulsory school subjects, functional bilingualism or trilingualism acquired through language studies is not uncommon. At least 50 different languages are spoken in Lappeenranta.
Lappeenranta sub-region is a subdivision of South Karelia and one of the Sub-regions of Finland since 2009. Municipalities. Coat of arms Municipality Population Land ...
This is a list of urban areas in Finland by population, with the 100 largest localities or urban areas in Finland on 31 December 2019. [1] The list is based on data from Statistics Finland that defines an urban area as a cluster of dwellings with at least 200 inhabitants.
The population of Kouvola is approximately 78,000. It is the 12th most populous municipality in Finland, and the 17th most populous urban area in the country. Kouvola is located along the Kymijoki River in the region of Kymenlaakso , 62 kilometres (39 mi) kilometers east of Lahti , 87 kilometres (54 mi) west of Lappeenranta and 134 kilometres ...
The governor was the head of the State Provincial Office ... Lappeenranta: 1721–1747 ... Population (2003) Area (km²) Merged Provinces (1997)
Jyväskylä is home to 3% of Finland's population. 6.1% of the population has a foreign background, which is lower than in the major Finnish cities of Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere, Vantaa or Turku. [34] Jyväskylä was the fastest growing Finnish city in the 20th century. The population has continued to grow rapidly in the 21st century. [10] [11]
In Pori, 5.2% of the population has a foreign background, which is below to the national average. [34] The significant population increase in 1950 was the result of annexing nearby areas. Population peaked in the mid-1970s when it was over 80 000. After that, the population declined, and in recent years has remained steady at just over 83 000.
The spa in Lappeenranta, which is still in business today, was founded in 1871. Tourism in South Karelia went into a decline for some time after the First World War ended the flows of travellers from St. Petersburg.