Lappeenranta

**Lappeenranta (**fififi; Yaren mutanen Sweden: Villmanstrand) birni ne, da ke a ƙasar Finland kuma babban birnin yankin Kudancin Karelia.  Yana cikin kudu maso gabashin ciki na kasar da kuma cikin tafkin Finnish.  Yawan jama'ar Lapeenranta kusan 73,000 ne, yayin da yankin ke da yawan jama'a kusan 88,000.  Samfuri ce: Data Finland gundumar / yawan jama'a jerin jerin gundumomi mafi yawan jama'a a Finland, kuma yanki na 11 mafi yawan jama'a a cikin ƙasar.

Lappee tana kan iyakar Tafkin Saimaa, kilomita 30 (19 mil) daga iyakar Rasha da kilomita 64 (40  daga birnin Vyborg. Lappeenranta tana ɗaya daga cikin manyan Cibiyoyin birane a duk yankin Saimaa, tare da biranen Imatra, Mikkeli da Savonlinna .  Lappeenranta ta kafa tsoffin kananan hukumomin Lappee da Lauritsala a shekara ta 1967, Nuijamaa a shekarar 1989, Joutseno a shekara ta  2009 da Ylämaa a shekara ta 2010.

Lappeenranta, cibiyar yawon bude ido ta yankin, ita ce birni na biyu da aka fi ziyarta a Finland ta masu yawon bude hankali na Rasha bayan Helsinki kuma tana gasa da Helsinki don mafi girman rabon Tallace-tallace ba tare da haraji ba a Finland. Lappeenranta misali ne na makamashi mai sabuntawa da kuma yanayin rayuwa mai tsabta. Lappeenranta ita ce kadai birni na Finland daga cikin 'yan wasan karshe 14 na ƙalubalen duniya na duniya na shekarar 2014 wanda WWF ta shirya. A shekara ta 2009, Lappeenranta ta kasance ta huɗu a cikin kwatankwacin manyan biranen Finland, yayin da a cikin binciken a shekara ta  2008 birnin ya kasance na biyar. A cikin binciken da aka gudanar tsakanin wakilan kasuwanci a cikin 2011, Lappeenranta ta kasance ta 17 a cikin biranen Finland dangane da hoto.

Filin jirgin saman Lappeenranta, wanda aka buɗe a 1918 kuma yana cikin tsakiyar gari, shine filin jirgin sama mafi tsufa a Finland.

## Magana
Sunan **'Lappee**' ya ƙunshi asali Lappee (sunan asalin gari) da kuma sunan *ranta* wanda ke nufin "kogi". An san tashar jiragen ruwa da suna *Lapvesi* ("ruwa mai laushi"). Tarihin Lappeenranta ya haɗa da karkara na karkara na Lappee da ɗari na Lapvesi . Sunan Yaren mutanen Sweden *Villmanstrand* ya ƙunshi kalmomin *vildman* ma'anar "Mutumin daji" da strand ma'anar" bakin teku. An nuna wani mutum mara kyau a kan makamai na Lappeenranta.

## Tarihi

Ƙauyen Kauskila, wanda ke da nisan kilomita takwas zuwa kudancin garin Lappeenranta, yana daga cikin manyan cibiyoyin jama'ar Karelian a Kudancin Karelia a lokacin Tsakiyar Tsakiya. Kauskila an ci gaba da zama kusan shekaru 2,000.

Asalin ainihin mazaunin Lappeenranta, Lapvesi, daga baya Lappee, an samo asali ne a kusa da wani yanki da ke shiga tafkin Saimaa, wurin da kagara na yanzu.  An kafa kasuwar jama'a a nan, wanda ya zama mai mahimmanci a matsayin wurin ciniki wanda babban gwamna Count Per Brahe ƙarami ya ba da shawarar cewa ya kamata gwamnatin Sweden ta ba wa Lapvesi gata na gari.  Sarauniya Christina ta Sweden ce ta yi hayar garin a cikin shekara ta  1649.[1]  A lokacin, Lapvesi ta kasance muhimmiyar tashar jiragen ruwa don kwalta. tar.

Tsakanin shekara ta  1721 da shekarar 1743, Lappeenranta ita ce babban birnin Kymmenegård da Nyslott County kuma a wannan lokacin Swedes sun gina sansanin a matakai.

A shekara ta 1741, an yi Yaƙin Villmanstrand tsakanin sojojin Sweden da Rasha a yakin Russo-Swedish na 1741-1743. Yaƙin ya ƙare da nasarar Rasha. An yi fashi da garin, an ƙone gine-ginen katako ciki har da ofishin jakadancin lardin kuma an lalata tarihin coci. Sauran ɓangaren Tsohon Finland har yanzu na Sweden, gami da Lappeenranta, Sweden ta ba da ita ga Rasha bisa ga Yarjejeniyar Turku . Bayan kirkirar Grand Duchy na Finland a cikin shekara ta  1809, Tsohon Finland ya shiga Grand Duchy a cikin shekara ta 1812 a matsayin alamar alheri ta Alexander I na Rasha. 

Lappeenranta ta kafa yankunan da ke makwabtaka da Lappee da Lauritsala a ranar 1 ga watan Janairun shekarar 1967, Nuijamaa a ranar 1 ta Janairun 1989, Joutseno a ranar 1 ga watan Janairun shekarar  2009, da Ylämaa a ranar 1 ga  watan Janairun shekarar  2010. 

## Yanayin ƙasa
Da yake a gefen kudancin Tafkin Saimaa, yankunan da ke kusa da Lappeenranta a gefen Finland sune Imatra, Lemi, Luumäki, Miehikkälä, Ruokolahti da Taipalsa, kuma a gefen Rasha, maƙwabta sun haɗa da Svetogorsk da Kamennogorsk.

### Yanayi
Lappeenranta tana da Yanayin zafi na nahiyar na nau'in bazara mai zafi (Köppen: *Dfb*). Lokacin bazara ya fi tsayi, kodayake yana da wuya a yi zafi, kuma yawanci yana da dumi. Wasu daga cikin lokacin rani mafi zafi a kasar za a iya samun su a nan, saboda yadda yake: kudu amma a cikin ƙasa. Kasancewa a wani bangare na gabashin Finland, hunturu sau da yawa yana da tsanani amma har yanzu yana da sauƙi idan aka kwatanta da yankunan da ke gabashin.

Anchorage yana da wasu kamanceceniya ta hanyar kasancewa na tasirin ruwa na raƙuman ruwa masu zafi kuma a lokaci guda na gefen nahiyar. Amma Lappeenranta har yanzu tana iya karɓar raƙuman zafi da ke tsallaka Tsakiyar Turai a cikin yanayi mai dumi fiye da sanyi.

#### Canjin yanayi
Tsakanin 2000 da 2017 canjin zafin jiki ya fi girma fiye da dukan karni da ya gabata, tare da +1.2 ° C (mafi girman darajar fiye da Helsinki ko Oulu). Tun daga shekara ta 2000 yawan kwanakin zafi (> 24 ° C) ya zama 2 a kowace shekara, yayin da bayanan 1900 suka nuna kwanaki 2 kawai a kowace shekara goma. Daga farkon rabin karni na ashirin kwanakin da ke sama da 24 ° C sun canza daga da wuya zuwa lokaci-lokaci a rabi na biyu zuwa na yau da kullun a cikin karni na yanzu. Har ila yau, akwai raguwar 17.5 a cikin zafin jiki a ƙasa da -1 ° C don wannan lokacin kwatanci. 2015 ita ce shekara mafi zafi tun daga 1900, tana da ɗaya daga cikin ƙasa da kwanaki 50 tare da kwanakin sanyi. An gudanar da aiki don rage karuwar zafin jiki; birnin ya sake kasancewa cikin birane 45 mafi kyau a duniya a cikin WWF City Challenge 2016. Ɗaya daga cikin burin shine rage carbon dioxide da kashi 30% nan da shekarar 2020 da kuma fitar da hayaki nan da shekarar 2050. Dangane da ka'idojin yanayi na 1961-1990, yanayin Lappeenranta yanayi ne na yankin subarctic na nahiyar (Köppen: *Dfc*) kusa da iyaka da yanayin zafi na nahiyar. Idan aka kwatanta da shekarun da suka gabata, jimlar ruwan sama ya karu da kadan.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

## Yawan jama'a

### Yawan jama'a

Birnin Lappeenranta yana da mazauna 72,909, yana mai da shi karamar hukuma ta 13 mafi yawan jama'a a Finland. Yankin Lappeenranta yana da yawan mutane 87,863.
  
Lappeenranta wata karamar hukuma ce mai magana da harshen Finnish. Yazo a shekara ta  2024, yawancin jama'a, mutane 64,996 (), suna magana da Finnish a matsayin yarensu na farko. Bugu da kari, yawan Masu magana da yaren Sweden sun kasance mutane 120 () na yawan jama'a.  na yawan jama'a ne ke magana da harsunan kasashen waje. Kamar yadda Ingilishi da Yaren mutanen Sweden sune batutuwan makaranta na tilas, aiki na harsuna biyu ko harsuna uku da aka samu ta hanyar nazarin harshe ba sabon abu ba ne.   

Akalla ana magana da harsuna daban-daban 50 a Lappeenranta. Harsunan kasashen waje da aka fi magana da su sune Rasha (4.6%), Turanci (0.5%), Sinanci (0.5%) da Farisa (0.4%). 

### Shige da fice

Yazo a shekara ta  2024, akwai mutane 8,339 da ke da asalin kasashen waje da ke zaune a Lappeenranta, ko 11% na yawan jama'a. Adadin mazauna da aka haifa a kasashen waje ya kai 7,942, ko 11% na yawan jama'a. Adadin mutanen da ke da 'yancin kasashen waje da ke zaune a Lappeenranta ya kai 5,516. Yawancin 'yan kasashen waje da aka haifa sun fito ne daga tsohuwar Tarayyar Soviet, Rasha, China da Iran.

Adadin dangi na baƙi a cikin yawan Lappeenranta daidai yake da matsakaicin ƙasa. Bugu da ƙari, sabbin mazaunan garin suna ƙaruwa daga asalin ƙasashen waje. Wannan zai kara yawan mazauna kasashen waje a cikin shekaru masu zuwa.

### Addini
A cikin shekara ta 2023, Ikilisiyar Lutheran ta Bishara ita ce babbar ƙungiyar addini tare da kashi 66.8% na yawan mutanen Lappeenranta. Sauran kungiyoyin addinai sun kai kashi 2.6% na yawan jama'a. 30.5% na yawan jama'a ba su da alaƙa da addini.

## Tattalin Arziki

* Birnin Lappeenranta 
* Fazer
* Jami'ar Fasaha ta Lappeenranta
* Arewacin Arewa
* Gidan sarauta
* Metso Outotec
* Gundumar Kula da Lafiya da Lafiya ta Kudu Karelia 
* Sojojin
* UPM-Kymmene
* Ƙungiyar VR

## Yawon shakatawa
 

Lappeenranta an san shi da birni na rani, galibi saboda kusanci da Tafkin Saimaa, tafkin na 4 mafi girma a Turai. GoSaimaa mai suna (www.gosaimaa.com) yana ba da duk ayyukan yawon bude ido a yankin. Bugu da kari, wurin da yake a cikin gida yana nufin cewa lokacin rani yana da zafi kuma hunturu ya fi sanyi fiye da yankunan bakin teku.

Lappeenranta tana da masana'antar yawon shakatawa ta hunturu lafiya.  Daban-daban dakunan da ke kusa da tafkin Saimaa, da kuma motocin dusar ƙanƙara da yawa, wasan tseren kankara na Nordic, masu iyo a cikin kogin, tafiye-tafiyen barewa, motsa jiki, tseren kankara da waƙoƙin sleding suna zana adadi mai kyau na baƙi na hunturu.  Kusancin iyakar Rasha yana ƙara bayyana a cikin adadin masu yawon bude ido na Rasha da ke ziyartar birnin.  A zahiri, Lapeenranta ya fi kusa da Saint Petersburg (kilomita 195 ko mil 121) fiye da Helsinki, babban birnin Finland (kilomita 220 ko mil 140).  Kasancewar masu yawon bude ido na Rasha ana lura da yawancin motocin Rasha masu rijista akan tituna da kuma amfani da haruffan Cyrillic a cikin alamun wasu shaguna.

* Tsohon sansanin soja, tare da gidajen tarihi da yawa, gidajen cin abinci da cocin Orthodox mafi tsufa a Finland. 
* Cocin St. Mary na Lappee, cocin katako na ƙarni na 18 a tsakiyar birnin.
* Yankin tashar jiragen ruwa, tare da jiragen ruwa zuwa Vyborg da kusa da Saimaa Canal.
* Babban kasuwar, inda za ku iya jin daɗin ƙwarewar gida, kamar nama da aka sani da "Atomi" (atom) ko "Vety" (hydrogen).
* The Night of The Fortess, bikin al'adu na kwana biyu da aka gudanar a farkon watan Agusta.
* Gala na Lappeenranta Ballet a ƙarshen watan Agusta.
* Gasar waka ta Lappeenranta ta shekara-shekara.
* An gina babban gidan yashi a Finland kusa da Port of Lappeenranta a kowane bazara.
* Akwai gidajen wasan kwaikwayo masu zaman kansu guda uku a Lappeenranta: Kino-Aula, Nuijamies da Finnkino .
* Manyan wasannin gida a wasan hockey na kankara (SaiPa), kwando (Namika Lappeenranta) da sauran wasanni.
* Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta IIHF a Kasa da 18, a cikin 2014
* Unlimited Racing Event, a ranar 27 da 29 ga Yuni 2014

SaiPa kungiya ce ta hockey a kankara da ke wasa a matakin mafi girma a Finland, SM-liiga . SaiPa ta kasance ta huɗu a gasar hockey ta kankara ta kasa a kakar a shekara ta 2013 da shekarar 2014. A shekara ta 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship - An buga gasar Kisapuisto Ice Hall, Lappeenranta & Imatra Ice Hall a lokacin 17-27 Afrilun shekarar 2014. Amurka ta lashe gasar, Jamhuriyar Czech ta kasance ta biyu kuma Kanada ta kasance ta uku.

Lappeenranta an san ta da daɗewa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin biranen Kwando na Finland;  Lappeenrannan NMKY ƙungiya ce ta kwando da ke wasa a matakin na uku mafi girma a cikin I-division B kuma sun lashe gasar zakarun biyu a shekara ta  2005 da  shekarar 2006.

NST tana buga wasan ƙwallon ƙasa a Salibandyliiga kuma Rajaritarit ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙwallon kafa ce ta Amurka a cikin Vaahteraliiga .

Lappeenrannan Veiterä, ko kawai Veiterä), yana taka leda a Bandyliiga kuma ya kasance Zakarun Finland sau biyar, ciki har da a cikin 2017. Sun kasance zakara ga mata da 'yan mata da aka haifa a 1995 da 1998.2014/ new Finnish Champions in bandyquot;},quot;archivedatequot;:{quot;wtquot;:quot;April 19, 2014quot;}},quot;iquot;:0}}]}\" data-ve-no-generated-contents=\"true\" id=\"mwBGM\">nbsp;. "}}' id="cite_ref-35" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref">[./Lappeenranta#cite_note-35 [1] Birnin ya dauki bakuncin gasar zakarun duniya ta mata ta farko a shekara ta 2004 kuma a shekarar 2014 an sake buga gasar a Lappeenranta. Ana shirya gasar cin kofin duniya ta Old Boys a kowace shekara a garin, a shekarar 2017 a karo na bakwai.

A cikin wasannin mata Catz Lappeenranta tana buga wasan kwando kuma Pesä Ysit tana buga wasan baseball na Finland, duka biyu a cikin manyan wasannin kasar. Catz ya lashe gasar kwallon kwando ta Finland sau hudu a jere.

## Sufuri

Lappeenranta tana da alaƙa da biranen da ke makwabtaka da ita ta hanyar hanya. Birnin yana da nisan kilomita 215 (134  daga Helsinki da nisan kilometres 195 (121  daga St. Petersburg. Daga Lappeenranta, nisan zuwa Joensuu, babban birnin Arewacin Karelia, yana da kilomita 233 (145  tare da Hanyar 6.

Akwai tashin jirgin kasa da yawa na yau da kullun zuwa wuraren zuwa cikin Finland daga tashoshin Lapeenranta da Joutseno da zuwa Rasha daga tashar Vainikkala.  Sabis ɗin jirgin ƙasa na Allegro da ke aiki tsakanin Helsinki da St. Petersburg yana tsayawa a Vainikkala, ƙauyen Lappeenranta.  Lokacin tafiya zuwa Helsinki yana da kimanin sa'o'i 2 da St. Petersburg kimanin sa'o'i 1.5.

A lokacin rani, lokacin da Tafkin Saimaa da Saimaa Canal ke samuwa ta ruwa, akwai haɗin visa-free ta jirgin ruwa daga Lappeenranta zuwa Vyborg, Rasha.

Filin jirgin saman Lappeenranta mallakar yankin yana yammacin tsakiyar gari. Filin jirgin saman yafi ba da sabis na jirage zuwa kudancin Turai, Tsibirin Canary da Madeira, da kuma jirage masu yawa a kan kamfanin jirgin saman Irish Ryanair zuwa Italiya.

Jirgin bas na jama'a ana kiransa Jouko.] Motocin Jouko-bas ɗin launin ruwan hoda ne kuma suna yin layin 17 na cikin birni (1, 1X, 2, 2H, 3, 3K, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24, 20, 15)  110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 120, 121, 130, 131, 200, 201, 300, 301, 500, 601, 602, 603, 610, 620).  Jouko yana da katin tafiya na Waltti, wanda zaka iya cajin tikitin yanayi na kwanaki 30 (yankin tafiya AD) ko tikitin darajar, wanda ke aiki kuma a wasu biranen Finnish waɗanda ke da tsarin tikitin Waltti.  Sauran hanyoyin siyan tikiti a Jouko-buses su ne tikiti ɗaya (biyan kuɗi tare da tsabar kuɗi ko katin kiredit), tikitin wayar hannu (PayIQ, da sauransu) da tikitin awa 24.  Jouko kuma yana da nasa jagorar hanya (), inda zaku iya tsara hanya, duba jaddawalin lokaci kuma ku ga duk Jouko-buses a cikin taswira.  Hakanan zaka iya duba jinkiri, keɓantawa, da sauran sakewa.  Savonlinja da V-S Bussipalvelut ne ke tafiyar da sufurin yankin Jouko.  Layukan yanki ana sarrafa su ta Kymen Charterline, V-S Bussipalvelut, Vento da Mikkonen.  Motocin bas na cikin birni sun ƙunshi ƙananan bas na birni, kuma samfuran bas sune Scania Citywide II Electric, Volvo 8900LE da Scania Citywide LE Suburban (biyu daga cikinsu CNG-buses ne), Scania Citywide LE, Scania Lahti Scala da Volvo 8700LE.

### Hanyoyin birni na Jouko

* 1 Jami'ar - Sammonlahti - Cibiyar Birni - Lauritsala - Kiiskinmäki
* Jami'ar 1X - Sammonlahti - Cibiyar Birni
* 2 Kivisalmi - Cibiyar Birni - Lauritsala - Hovinpelto (a ranakun Lahadi ta hanyar asibiti ta tsakiya) 
* 2H Hovinpelto - Lauritsala - tashar jirgin kasa - Leiri - Cibiyar Birni
* 3 Leiri - Tashar jirgin kasa - Cibiyar Birni - Pikisaari - Kariniemi - Kivisalmi
* 3K Kivisalmi - Cibiyar Birni - Leiri - Kesämäki
* 3K Kesämäki - Tashar jirgin kasa - Cibiyar Birni - Kivisalmi
* 4 Mäntylä - Cibiyar Birni - Karhuvuori
* 4 Cibiyar Birni - Karhuvuori
* 5 Jami'ar - Sammonlahti - Cibiyar Birni - Tashar Jirgin ƙasa
* 7 Mustola - Lauritsala - Cibiyar Birni
* 8 Kariniemi - Pikisaari - Cibiyar Birni - Sammonlahti - Ruoholampi - Rutola
* 12 Jami'ar - Sammonlahti - Cibiyar Birni
* 12 Kivisalmi - Cibiyar Birni
* 12 Jami'ar - Sammonlahti - Cibiyar Birni - Karhuvuori - Lauritsala - Hovinpelto - Mustola - Kiiskinmäki
* 12 Kiiskinmäki - Kanavansuu - Lauritsala - Cibiyar Birni - Kivisalmi
* 14 Mäntylä - Cibiyar Birni - Karhuvuori - Lauritsala - Mustola
* 21 Vuoksenniska - Sotkulampi - Imatrankoski - Mansikkala (Keskusasema / Tashar Tsakiya) -Mustalampi - Vuoksennisk
* 22 Vuoksenniska - Mustalampi - Mansikkala (Keskusasema / Tashar Tsakiya) - Imatrankoski - Sotkulampi - Vuoksennisk
* 23 Jakola - Imatrankoski - Mansikkala (Keskusasema / Tashar Tsakiya) - Sienimäki - Vuoksenniska - Rautio - Huhtanen
* 24 Mansikkala (Keskusasema / Tashar Tsakiya) - Imatrankoski - Meltola - Salo-Issakka - Perä-Meltola - Meltola / Imatran Koski - Mansikkala
* 25 Imatran Kylpylä (Imatra Spa) - Mansikkala (Keskusasema / Tashar Tsakiya) - Saareksiinmäki - Meltola - Imatrankoski

## Ilimi
Lappeenranta an san ta da jami'a ta kasa da kasa a Finland tare da Jami'ar LUT da Jami'an Kimiyya ta LAB waɗanda tare suna da kimanin dalibai 13,000 daga ƙasashe 68. Lappeenranta kuma cibiyar kasuwanci ce ta Kudu maso Gabashin Finland da kuma wurin taro na EU da Rasha, kilomita 215 (134  daga Helsinki da St. Petersburg.

Lappeenranta tana da makarantu da yawa a kusan dukkanin matakan ilimi, gami da Jami'ar LUT, Jami'ar LAB ta Kimiyya,  wanda ke cikin harabar Skinnarila da ke da ɗalibai kusan 8,000, Kwalejin Sojoji (reshe na Sojojin Tsaro na Finland), Kwalejin Kudancin Karelia da Cibiyar Ilimi ta Kudancin.

## Shahararrun mutane

* Anna-Kaarina Aalto, likita kuma 'yar siyasa
* Antti Aalto (an haife shi a shekara ta 1975), tsohon dan wasan hockey
* Koop Arponen (an haife shi a shekara ta 1984), mawaƙi kuma wanda ya lashe *jerin na huɗu* na Idols a shekara ta 2008
* Ivan Fedotov (an haife shi a shekara ta 1996), ɗan ƙasar Finland ne mai ƙwallon ƙafa na kankara
* Kaarlo Halttunen (an haife shi a shekara ta 1909), tsohon ɗan wasan kwaikwayo
* Laila Hirvisaari (tsohon Laila Hietamies), marubuciya. Ta rubuta jerin litattafai game da Lappeenranta da mutanenta.
* Horna, ƙungiyar baƙar fata ta Finnish
* Kari Jormakka, masanin falsafa, masanin gine-gine da kuma masanin gine'gine
* Kotiteollisuus, ƙungiyar dutse mai ƙarfi
* Matti Lehtinen (1922-2022), wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kwaikwayobaritone
* Kiba Lumberg (an haife shi a shekara ta 1956), marubuci kuma marubucin Finnish
* Pave Maijanen (1950-2021), mawaƙi
* Miikka Multaharju (an haife ta a shekara ta 1977), ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa
* Jukka Paarma (an haife shi a shekara ta 1942), tsohon Babban Bishop na Turku da Finland
* Tiia Piili (an haife ta a shekara ta 1979), mai wasan motsa jiki
* Saku Puhakainen (an haife shi a shekara ta 1975), ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa
* Jaska Raatikainen (an haife ta a shekara ta 1979), mai bugawa na ƙungiyar Children of BodomYaran Bodom
* Jaana Savolainen (an haife ta a shekara ta 1964), mai tseren kankara
* Sargeist, ƙungiyar baƙar fata ta Finnish
* Shaidan Warmaster, ƙungiyar baƙar fata ta Finland
* Petri Skriko (an haife shi a shekara ta 1962), dan wasan hockey na kankara da ya yi ritaya a NHL a Amurka
* Juha Tiainen, tsohon mai lashe lambar zinare ta Olympics a jefa guduma
* Mokoma, ƙungiyar ƙarfe ta thrash
* Battlelore, ƙungiyar ƙarfe na symphonic
* Hanna Pakarinen (an haife ta a shekara ta 1981), wanda ya lashe Idols na farko a Finland ya fito ne daga Lappeenranta .
* Christian Ruuttu (an haife shi a shekara ta 1964), tsohon dan wasan hockey a NHL
* Vesa Vierikko (an haife shi a shekara ta 1956), ɗan wasan kwaikwayo na Finland
* Vesa Viitakoski (an haife ta a shekara ta 1971), tsohon dan wasan hockey a SM-liiga