15 Facts About Lappeenranta

Lappeenranta is a city and municipality in the region of South Karelia, about 30 kilometres from the Russian border and 64 kilometres from the town of Vyborg .

Lappeenranta is a model for renewable energies and a clean living environment.

Lappeenranta was the only Finnish city among the 14 finalists in the international Earth Hour City Challenge 2014, organized by WWF.

In 2009, Lappeenranta was rated the fourth best in the comparison of the largest Finnish cities, while in the 2008 survey Lappeenranta was ranked fifth.

Between 1721 and 1743, Lappeenranta was the capital of Kymmenegard and Nyslott County and during this period the Swedes built the fortress out in stages.

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Lappeenranta incorporated the neighbouring municipalities of Lappee and Lauritsala on 1 January 1967, Nuijamaa on 1 January 1989, Joutseno on 1 January 2009, and Ylamaa on 1 January 2010.

The history of Lappeenranta includes the rural municipality of Lappee and the hundred Lapvesi.

Lappeenranta is known as a summer city, mostly due to its closeness to the Lake Saimaa.

Lappeenranta is closer to Saint Petersburg than it is to Helsinki, the capital of Finland .

Lappeenranta has several sports teams playing in top levels of Finnish sports leagues.

In women's sports Catz Lappeenranta plays basketball and Pesa Ysit plays Finnish baseball, both in the top leagues of the nation.

Lappeenranta is connected to neighbouring cities and municipalities by road.

Lappeenranta is a commercial centre of South-East Finland and the meeting point of the EU and Russia, 215 kilometres from both Helsinki and St Petersburg.

Lappeenranta has numerous schools at almost all levels of education, including the LUT University, LAB University of Applied Sciences, located in a shared Skinnarila campus of around 8000 students, the Army Academy, South Karelia Vocational College and South Karelia Adult Education Centre.

Lappeenranta is the setting for Bordertown, the Finnish police drama broadcast by Netflix.