What is Lappeenranta?
[[File:Lappeenranta Kauppakatu 1.jpg|thumb|]] [[File:Lappeenranta.vaakuna.svg|right|90px]] '''Lappeenranta''' is a town in eastern [[Finland]]. There were 72,289 people living there on 31 August 2012. It is next to the municipalities of [[Imatra]], [[Lemi]], [[Luumäki]], [[Miehikkälä]], [[Ruokolahti]] and [[Taipalsaari]]. The former municipality of [[Joutseno]] was merged with Lappeenranta in 2009. The former municipality of [[Ylämaa]] was merged with Lappeenranta in 2010. There is a [[wolf pack]] which also has some dogs in it; The pack sometimes stays in Lappeenranta before going back to Russia, according to media (in 2024).<ref>https://yle.fi/a/74-20094768. Retrieved 2024-06-13</ref> ==Some villages== Hanhijärvi (Lappeenranta), Hiivaniemi, Kansola, Konnunsuo, Kontu (Lappeenranta), Korvenkylä, Louko, Moisio(Lappeenranta), Raippo, Ruokola (Lappeenranta), Simola (Lappeenranta), Sirkjärvi, Vainikkala, Vilkjärvi. ==Population growth== {{Bar chart | title = Population | label_type = Year | data_type = Population | bar_width = 35 | width_units = em | data_max = 76800 | label3 = 1990 | data3 = 68662 | label5 = 2000 | data5 = 70587 | label7 = 2010 | data7 = 71982 }} <ref>http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain+1980+%2D+2012&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Reference</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} == Other websites == {{Commonscat|Lappeenranta}} * [http://www.lappeenranta.fi/ Lappeenrannan kaupunki] {{multistub|geo|Europe}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Municipalities of South Karelia]]