Luumäki
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| Luumäen kunta | ||
Luumäki Lutheran Church
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| Location of Luumäki in Finland Location of Luumäki in Finland |
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| Country |  Finland |
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| Region | South Karelia | |
| Sub-region | Lappeenranta sub-region | |
| Charter | 1642 | |
| Seat | Taavetti | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Anne Ukkonen | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 859.83 km2 (331.98 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 750.06 km2 (289.60 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 109.77 km2 (42.38 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 132nd largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 4,866 | |
| • Rank | 186th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 6.49/km2 (16.8/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 97.6% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.3% | |
| • Others | 2% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 13.9% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 60.9% | |
| • 65 or older | 25.2% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 18% | |
| Climate | Dfc | |
| Website | www.luumaki.fi | |
Luumäki is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Taavetti.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 4,866 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 859.83 square kilometres (331.98 sq mi) of which 109.77 km2 (42.38 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 6.49 inhabitants per square kilometre (16.8/sq mi). Neighbour municipalities are Hamina, Kouvola, Lappeenranta, Lemi, Miehikkälä and Savitaipale.
The president of Finland Pehr Evind Svinhufvud died in Luumäki on February 29, 1944.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The name Luumäki means literally "Bone Hill". In the Finnish version of the comic strip Bone, the place-name Boneville is translated as Luumäki.
Villages
Anjala, Antikkala, Askola, Ellola (Ellonen), Haimila, Heikkilä, Heimala, Hietamies, Himottula (Taina), Hirvikallio, Huomola, Huopainen, Husula, Hyyrylä, Iihola, Inkilä, Junttola, Jurvala, Juurikkala (Juurikas), Kannuskoski, Keskinen, Kiurula, Kiviniemi, Kokkola, Kolppola, Kontula, Koskela, Kähölä, Lakkala (Lakka), Laukkala (Laukas), Lensula, Luotola, Marttila (Taavetti), Mentula, Metsola, Multiala, Munne (Munteenkylä), Niemi, Nokkala, Nuppola, Nurmiainen, Okkola, Orkola, Parola, Pitkäpää, Pukkila (Pukki), Pätärilä, Rantala, Saareks, Saarits, Saksala, Salmi, Sarkalahti, Sarvilahti, Siiropää, Sirkjärvi, Suoanttila, Suonpohja, Sydänmaanlakka, Taina, Tapavainola, Taukaniemi, Toikkala, Vainonen, Venäläinen, Viuhkola
Notable people
- Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
- Ilkka Remes
- Arvi Tynys
- Jarmo Mäkinen
- Esa Kirkkopelto
- Hannu Purho
- Sulo Saarits
- Jarno Kultanen
References
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Luumäki – Official website (Finnish)
- Taavetti fortress in Luumäki area
- goSaimaa.com – travel information
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