Virolahti

Virolahti ("Vederlax" in Swedish) is the southeastern-most municipality of Finland on the border of the Russian Federation. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of 3,752 (2003) and covers an area of 375.35 km² of which 4.13 km² is water. The population density is 10.1 inhabitants per km².

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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

Virolahti lost some of its area (over 100 km²) to Soviet Union in Paris Peace Treaties, 1947 after World War II.

Villages in 1939

Those villages marked with asterisc (*) are now completely or partially at Russian side.

Alapihlaja, *Alaurpala, Eerikkälä, Hailila, Hanski, Hellä (Heligby), Hämeenkylä (Tavastby), Häppilä, Järvenkylä, Kattilainen, *Kiiskilahti, Kirkonkylä, Klamila, Koivuniemi, *Koskela, Koskelanjoki, Kotola, Kurkela, *Laitsalmi, Länsikylä (Flonckarböle), *Martinsaari, Mattila, Mustamaa, Nopala, *Orslahti, *Paatio (Båtö), Pajulahti, *Pajusaari, *Pitkäpaasi, Pyterlahti, Ravijoki, Ravijärvi, Reinikkala, Rännänen (Grennäs), Sydänkylä (Kallfjärd), Säkäjärvi, Tiilikkala, Vaalimaa (Vaderma), Vilkkilä, Virojoki, Yläpihlaja, *Yläurpala (now Torfjanovka)

Notable Persons Born in Virolahti

* Uuno Klami, composer
* Johannes Takanen, sculptor

External links

* [http://www.virolahti.fi/ Official website of Virolahti municipality]
* [http://www.elisanet.fi/petri.metsala/kartat/virolahti.pngMap of Virolahti]