page_title: Lemi
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Lemi / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Right next to Lemi church is its belfry. It was completed in 1936 after the original, early 19th century belfry, burned down in 1918. Suomi: Lemin puukirkon kellotapuli valmistui vuonna 1936. Se on rakennettu 1800-luvun alussa rakennetun kellotapulin mukaiseksi aivan vähäisin poikkeamin. Alkuperäinen kellotapuli paloi vuonna 1918.
context_page_description: Lemi is a municipality of Finland.
  It is located in the South Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 3,044 and covers an area of 262.48 square kilometres of which 44.71 km² is water. The population density is 13.98 inhabitants per square kilometre.
  The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The Finnish thrash metal band Stam1na is from Lemi.
  In 2018 Lemi won the title heavy metal capital of the world that was determined by number of bands per capita.
  Lemi had 13 regognised bands but due to Lemi only having just 3,076 inhabitants won with ratio of 422.6 bands per 100,000 inhabitants.
context_section_description: The municipal center of Lemi is Juvola. The other villages are Ahtiala, Hakulila, Heikkilä, Huttula, Hyvärilä, Iitiä, Juuresaho (ent. Remunen), Juvola, Kaamanniemi, Kuukanniemi, Kapiala, Keskisenpää, Korpela, Kurkela, Kärmeniemi, Laakkola, Lavola, Merenlahti, Metsola, Mikkola, Mikonharju, Nisola, Nuppola, Olkkonen, Parkkola, Pöllölä, Ruohiala, Ruomi, Sairala, Sorvarila, Suomalainen, Suoniala, Suontakainen, Sutela, Taipale, Tevaniemi, Torvenniemi, Tuomelanpelto, kuuluu myös Iitiään, Uiminniemi, Urola, Vainikkala, Välikangas and Värtölä.
  The schools are in Juvola and Kuukanniemi. There are about 750 inhabitants in Kuukanniemi and the villages it affects.
caption: Bell tower in Lemi's center
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