Nuijamaa | |
Official Name: | Finnish: Nuijamaan kunta Swedish: Nuijamaa kommun |
Settlement Type: | former municipality |
Coordinates: | 60.9592°N 28.5481°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Finland |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | South Karelia |
Subdivision Type2: | Sub-region |
Subdivision Type3: | Province |
Subdivision Name3: | Kymmene län |
Area Total Km2: | 136 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Total: | 1199 |
Population As Of: | 1988 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +02:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +03:00 |
Nuijamaa (in Finnish ˈnui̯jɑˌmɑː/; literally translated the "club land") is a former municipality in the province of South Karelia in Finland. The municipality had inhabitants and an area of 136 km² in 1988. Nuijamaa was a Finnish-speaking municipality. Nuijamaa bordered the municipalities of Lappee, Lappeenranta, Lauritsala, Taipalsaari, Lemi, Luumäki, Ylämaa, and Joutseno. It also shared a border with Russia. It is from Nuijamaa to the city center of Lappeenranta and to the medieval town of Vyborg, Russia.
Before the Winter War, Nuijamaa had an area of . With the Continuation War in 1944, of the municipality was ceded to Russia. In 1975, an international border with Russia opened in Nuijamaa. The total crossings in 2007 were over 1.7 million.[1]
Nuijamaa was incorporated into Lappeenranta in 1989.[2]