Konnunsuo () is a small
village
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of the former municipality of
Joutseno, today part of the
Lappeenranta in
South Karelia
South Karelia ( fi, Etelä-Karjala; sv, Södra Karelen) is a Regions of Finland, region of Finland. It borders the regions of Kymenlaakso, Southern Savonia, South Savo and North Karelia, as well as Russia (Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Obla ...
,
Finland
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. It is located about from the
Russian border. In 2020, only 73 people lived in the village
postal code
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area.
The landscape of the central part of the village is dominated by the former , which was turned into an
agricultural
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prison in the early 20th century. Officially, prison operations in Konnunsuo ended in May 2011.
In the summers of 2009–2017, a music-focused, interdisciplinary Kontufolk festival was organized in Konnunsuo.
Kontufolk
(in Finnish)
References
External links
Lappeenranta – Konnunsuo landscape area
– Saimaa Geopark (in English)
Konnunsuo's location
– Fonecta
* Mari Lukkari:
Kylmä ja maaginen Konnunsuo
' – ''Yle
Yleisradio Oy (Finnish, literally "General Radio Ltd." or "General Broadcast Ltd."; abbr. Yle ; sv, Rundradion Ab, italics=no), translated to English as the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is Finland's national public broadcasting company, founde ...
'', 2 February 2016. (in Finnish)
Lappeenranta
Villages in Finland
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