Luumäki () is a

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of Finland. Its seat is in the

Taavetti Taavetti (; Swedish: ''Taavetti'', also ''Davidstad'') is a village and administrative center of the Luumäki municipality in South Karelia, Finland. It has a population of 2,084. It is located along Highway 6 between Lappeenranta and Kouvola, and ...

village. It is located in the

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and is part of the

South Karelia South Karelia (or ''Southern Karelia'', ; ) 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 Oblast). Hist ...

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. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The

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is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Neighbour municipalities are

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Kouvola Kouvola () is a city in Finland and the administrative capital of Kymenlaakso. It is located in the southeastern interior of the country. The population of Kouvola is approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland, and the 17th m ...

Lappeenranta Lappeenranta (; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of South Karelia. It is located in the southeastern interior of the country and in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Lappeenranta is approximately , while the Lappeenranta sub-r ...

Lemi Lemi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Karelia region. The municipality has a population of (), which make it the smallest municipality in South Karelia in terms of population. It covers an area of of which is water. The ...

Miehikkälä Miehikkälä () is a municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is located in the provinces of Finland, province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso regions of Finland, region. The municipality has a population of (), ...

and

Savitaipale Savitaipale (; literally translated the "clay passage") is a municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Karelia regions of Finland, region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of whi ...

. Lappeenranta is located from Luumäki. The president of Finland P. E. Svinhufvud died in Luumäki on February 29, 1944. The name ''Luumäki'' means literally "Bone Hill". In the Finnish version of the comic strip

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, the place-name ''Boneville'' is translated as ''Luumäki''.

History

Luumäki was separated from Lappee as its own parish in 1642. The first church in the Luumäki parish was probably built as soon as the parish became independent. It was destroyed during the

Great Wrath The Great Wrath (, in contemporary sources: , ; ) was a period of Finnish history dominated by the Russian invasion and subsequent military occupation of Finland, then part of the Swedish Empire, from 1714 until the Treaty of Nystad (1721), ...

(''Isoviha''). The second church, completed in 1731, was damaged during the

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(''Pikkuviha'') and had become small and in poor condition by the turn of the 19th century. The church and the belfry built from 1781 burned down in 1839. The parish had acquired the drawings of the new church even before the fire of the second church, but its construction did not begin until after the fire of the second church due to a dispute over the location. The new church was consecrated in 1845.

Villages

Anjala, Antikkala, Askola, Ellola (Ellonen), Haimila, Heikkilä, Heimala, Hietamies, Himottula (Taina), Hirvikallio, Huomola, Huopainen, Husula, Huuhonkylä, 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

Culture

The Luumäki Live Music Association (''Luumäen elävän musiikin yhdistys'' or ''Luumu ry''), founded in 1986, organizes

light music Light music is a less-serious form of Western classical music, which originated in the 18th and 19th centuries and continues today. Its heyday was in the mid‑20th century. The style is through-composed, usually shorter orchestral pieces and ...

concerts and rehearsal opportunities for musicians. The annual

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event Vallijamit is held in Luumäki in July. The first Vallijamit was held in 2002. The former State Agency Building was renovated into a new

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during 2013. In the summer of 2018, the Luumäki municipal library joined the Heili Libraries.Heiliin liittyminen sulkee kirjastot kesäkuun alussa
- ''Luumäen Lehti'' (in Finnish)

Notable people

Pehr Evind Svinhufvud Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad (, 15 December 1861 – 29 February 1944) was the third president of Finland from 1931 to 1937. Serving as a lawyer, judge, and politician in the Grand Duchy of Finland, which was at that time an autonomous s ...

Ilkka Remes Petri Pykälä (born 13 December 1962), commonly known by his pseudonym A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true meaning ( orthonym). This also ...

* Arvi Tynys *

Jarmo Mäkinen Jarmo Mäkinen (born 29 May 1958 in Karstula, Finland) is a Finland, Finnish actor. Mäkinen began acting in 1989 on television working consistently throughout the 1990s appearing in several films and TV series mostly notably in ''Vita lögner'' ...

* Esa Kirkkopelto * Hannu Purho * Sulo Saarits *

Jarno Kultanen Jarno Kultanen (born January 8, 1973) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player who played between 1994 and 2010. He played in the SM-liiga for KalPa and HIFK, and in the National Hockey League for Boston Bruins. In Sweden played for Söd ...

Harald Haarmann Harald Haarmann (born 16 April 1946) is a German linguist and cultural scientist who lives and works in Finland. Haarmann studied general linguistics, various philological disciplines and prehistory at the universities of Hamburg, Bonn, Coimbra ...

Noora Kaisa Keränen Noora Kaisa Keränen (born 17 October 2001) is a Finnish biathlete. She has competed in the Biathlon World Cup since 2023. Career Noora Kaisa Keränen made her international debut at the 2018 Youth World Championships in Otepää, Estonia. She ...

References

External links

Municipality of Luumäki
– Official website

goSaimaa.com – travel information
{{DEFAULTSORT:Luumaki Luumäki Populated places established in 1642 1642 establishments in Sweden