Virolahti

Virolahti [ virɔlɑhti ] (Swedish historical: Vederlax ) is a municipality in southeastern Finland with 3488 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012). It lies on the coast of the Gulf of Finland on the border with Russia in the landscape Kymi. The nearest town is 35 kilometers west of Hamina in the Helsinki capital, there are 178 km and 210 km to Saint Petersburg. The community is monolingual Finnish speakers.

The State Road 7, during which the European Route 18 to Saint Petersburg follows, performs Virolahti. In Vaalimaa in the municipality of Virolahti the largest Finnish-Russian border crossing with 2.3 million border crossings per year ( 2001). Other attractions include the Church of Virolahti from the 18th century with a sacristy from the first half of the 16th century, a Bunker Museum, presents the defenses of the Second World War, and a local history museum in the village Pyterlahti. After the significant occurrence at the village Pyterlahti the type Pyterlit was named for the Rapakiwigranite. The archipelago off the coast of Virolahti belong to the Eastern - Finnish - Gulf National Park.

The community Virolahti existed since 1336, making it the oldest community of Kymi. By 1887, even the neighboring village belonged to Miehikkälä Virolahti. Throughout history Vironlahti changed hands several times: in 1313 the place belonged to Sweden, 1721 the municipality was divided, in 1743, finally came quite Virolahti under Russian rule. Since 1917, the community is part of independent Finland, by the demarcation after the Second World War Virolahti is another border town.

1900, the Finnish composer Uuno Klami was born in Virolahti.

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