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Virolahti

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Municipality in Kymenlaakso, Finland

Virolahti (Finnish:; Swedish: Vederlax) is the southeasternmost municipality of Finland on the border of Russia. It is located in the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of 2,751 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 558.92 square kilometres (215.80 sq mi), of which 186.97 km2 (72.19 sq mi) is water.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersVirolahti, Finland1
  • Websitevirolahti.fi
  • Legal formKunta3
  • Kind of organizationGovernment entity1
  • LEI743700BN587TCZ3AR5433
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressVirojoentie 7, FI-49900 Virolahti, Finland3
  • Registered withFinnish Patent and Registration Office, 0207033-63

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Virolahti stone sacristy 3 AB
Photo: Antti Bilund, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Virolahti (Finnish: [ˈʋiroˌlɑhti]; Swedish: Vederlax) is the southeasternmost municipality of Finland on the border of Russia. It is located in the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of 2,751 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 558.92 square kilometres (215.80 sq mi), of which 186.97 km2 (72.19 sq mi) is water. The population density is 7.39 inhabitants per square kilometre (19.1/sq mi).2

The story

Virolahti is named after Estonians from Virumaa who traded around the nearby bay, which is also called Virolahti. The first mention of Virolahti dates to 1336. It is mentioned as an independent parish in 1370.

A small part of Virolahti was ceded by Sweden to Russia in the Treaty of Uusikaupunki in 1721. The border was located slightly further west than the modern Finnish-Russian border. In the treaty of Turku of 1743, the rest of Virolahti was ceded to Russia. The northern part of Virolahti became the Miehikkälä parish in 1863.

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.

Virolahti lost some of its area (over 100 km2 (39 sq mi)) to Soviet Union in Paris Peace Treaties, 1947, after World War II.

From Wikipedia’s article on Virolahti, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Timeline

  1. Jun 30, 1978Founded Virolahti is founded3

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