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Water Body Attractions In Virolahti

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Virolahti is the southeastern-most municipality of Finland on the border of Russia. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of 3,171 and covers an area of 558.92 square kilometres , of which 186.97 km2 is water. The population density is 8.53 inhabitants per square kilometre . 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 cross...
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  • 1. Saimaa Canal Lappeenranta
    Saimaa is a lake in southeastern Finland. At approximately 4,400 square kilometres , it is the largest lake in Finland, and the fourth largest natural freshwater lake in Europe. It was formed by glacial melting at the end of the Ice Age. Major towns on the lakeshore include Lappeenranta, Imatra, Savonlinna, Mikkeli, Varkaus, and Joensuu. The Vuoksi River flows from Saimaa to Lake Ladoga. Most of the lake is spotted with islands, and narrow canals divide the lake in many parts, each having their own names . Thus, Saimaa exhibits all major types of lake in Finland at different levels of eutropification. In places in the Saimaa basin , there is more shoreline here per unit of area than anywhere else in the world, the total length being nearly 15,000 kilometres . The number of islands in the r...
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