Virolahti


Virolahti is the southeastern-most municipality of Finland on the border of Russia. It is located in the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of, of which is water. The population density is.
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 crossing, which connects the municipality with Russia, is located in Virolahti.
Virolahti lost some of its area to Soviet Union in Paris Peace Treaties, 1947 after World War II.

Villages in 1939

Villages marked with an asterisk are now completely or partially on the Russian side:
Alapihlaja, Alaurpala*, Eerikkälä, Hailila, Hanski, Hellä, Hämeenkylä, Häppilä, Järvenkylä, Kattilainen, Kiiskilahti*, Kirkonkylä, Klamila, Koivuniemi, Koskela*, Koskelanjoki, Kotola, Kurkela, Laitsalmi*, Länsikylä, Martinsaari*, Mattila, Mustamaa, Nopala, Orslahti*, Paatio*, Pajulahti, Pajusaari*, Pitkäpaasi*, Pyterlahti, Ravijoki, Ravijärvi, Reinikkala, Rännänen, Sydänkylä, Säkäjärvi, Tiilikkala, Vaalimaa, Vilkkilä, Virojoki, Yläpihlaja, Yläurpala*.

Notable people born in Virolahti