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Virolahti - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 60°35′N 027°42′E / 60.583°N 27.700°E

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Virolahti Vederlax
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°E / 60.583; 27.700
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	372.47 km² (143.81 sq mi)
• Water	186.97 km² (72.19 sq mi)
• Rank	208th largest in Finland
Population (2024-10-31)^[2]
• Total	2,860
• Rank	220th largest in Finland
• Density	7.68/km² (19.9/sq mi)
Population by native language ^[3]
• Finnish	92.7% (official)
• Swedish	0.4%
• Others	6.9%
Population by age ^[4]
• 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)
Climate	Dfb
Website	www.virolahti.fi

Virolahti (Finnish: [ˈʋiroˌlɑhti]; 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 2,860 (31 October 2024)^[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 7.68 inhabitants per square kilometre (19.9/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The Vaalimaa border crossing, which connects the municipality with Russia, is located in Virolahti.

History

Virolahti is named after Estonians from Virumaa who traded around the nearby bay, which is also called Virolahti. The first mention of Virolahti dates to 1336. It is mentioned as an independent parish in 1370.^[6]^[7]

A small part of Virolahti was ceded by Sweden to Russia in the Treaty of Uusikaupunki in 1721. The border was located slightly further west than the modern Finnish-Russian border. In the treaty of Turku of 1743, the rest of Virolahti was ceded to Russia. The northern part of Virolahti became the Miehikkälä parish in 1863.^[6]^[7]

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.

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 Torfjanovka).

Notable people born in Virolahti

Uuno Klami, composer
Johannes Takanen, sculptor
Aarne Sihvo, general
Veli Saarinen, cross-country skier, olympic gold medalist
Väinö Liikkanen, cross-country skier, olympic silver medalist
Lauri Törni soldier who fought under three flags.

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-11-19. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ ^a ^b "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 510. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Suomen Sukututkimusseura". hiski.genealogia.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved January 8, 2023.

External links

Media related to Virolahti at Wikimedia Commons

Municipality of Virolahti – Official website (in Finnish)
Map of Virolahti

Places adjacent to Virolahti

Miehikkälä

Hamina

Virolahti

Seleznyovskoye [ru]

Gulf of Finland

v t e Municipalities of Kymenlaakso
Municipalities	Hamina Kotka Kouvola Miehikkälä Pyhtää Virolahti
Former municipalities	Anjala Anjalankoski Elimäki Haapasaari Jaala Karhula Kuusankoski Kymi Sippola Suursaari Tytärsaari Valkeala Vehkalahti
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