Virolahti
Virolahti
Vederlax | |
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Municipality | |
| Virolahden kunta Vederlax kommun | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Virolahti in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°35′N 027°42′E / 60.583°N 27.700°ECoordinates: 60°35′N 027°42′E / 60.583°N 27.700°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Kymenlaakso |
| Sub-region | Kotka–Hamina sub-region |
| Government | |
| • Municipality manager | Veli-Matti Pulli |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 558.92 km2 (215.80 sq mi) |
| • Land | 371.95 km2 (143.61 sq mi) |
| • Water | 186.97 km2 (72.19 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 208th largest in Finland |
| Population (2021-03-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 3,087 |
| • Rank | 215th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 8.3/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 95.3% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.5% |
| • Others | 4.2% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 11.7% |
| • 15 to 64 | 55.3% |
| • 65 or older | 33% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20.5% |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www.virolahti.fi |
Virolahti (Swedish: Vederlax) is the southeasternmost municipality of Finland on the border of Russia. It is located in the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of 3,087 (31 March 2021)[2] and covers an area of 558.92 square kilometres (215.80 sq mi), of which 186.97 km2 (72.19 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 8.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (21/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Before World War I the Russian Emperor Nicholas II used to spend summers with his family in the archipelago of Virolahti with his yacht Standart, Finland being an autonomous province within the Russian Empire between 1809 and 1917.
The Vaalimaa border crossing, which connects the municipality with Russia, is located in Virolahti.
Virolahti lost some of its area (over 100 km2 (39 sq mi)) to Soviet Union in Paris Peace Treaties, 1947 after World War II.
Villages in 1939[]
Villages marked with an asterisk (*) are now completely or partially on the Russian side:
Alapihlaja, Alaurpala*, Eerikkälä, Hailila, Hanski, Hellä (Heligby), Hämeenkylä (Tavastby), Häppilä, Järvenkylä, Kattilainen, Kiiskilahti* (now Kiyskinlakhti), Kirkonkylä, Klamila, Koivuniemi, Koskela*, Koskelanjoki, Kotola, Kurkela, Laitsalmi*, Länsikylä (Flonckarböle), Martinsaari* (Now Island of Maly Pogranichny), Mattila, Mustamaa, Nopala, Orslahti* (now Primorskoye), Paatio* (Båtö in Swedish, now Bolshoy Pogranitshny), Pajulahti, Pajusaari*, Pitkäpaasi* (Island of Gorniya Kamenya), Pyterlahti, Ravijoki, Ravijärvi, Reinikkala, Rännänen (Grennäs), Sydänkylä (Kallfjärd), Säkäjärvi, Tiilikkala, Vaalimaa (Vaderma), Vilkkilä, Virojoki, Yläpihlaja, Yläurpala* (now ).
Notable people born in Virolahti[]
- Uuno Klami, composer
- , sculptor
- Aarne Sihvo, general
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M03*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003-2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
External links[]
Media related to Virolahti at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Virolahti – Official website (in Finnish)
- Map of Virolahti
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