Lemi
Sign in to saveLemi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Karelia region. The municipality has a population of (), which make it the smallest municipality in South Karelia in terms of population. It covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Lemi
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- Municipality
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- Lemi - OP ja kunnanvirasto.JPG
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- The center of Lemi
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- Lemi.vaakuna.svg
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- 120x80px
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- Lemi sijainti Suomi.svg
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- Location of Lemi in Finland
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- Country
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- Region
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- South Karelia
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- Sub-region
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- Lappeenranta sub-region
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Simo Luukkanen
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
- Settlement.established_date
- 1688
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- Municipality
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Lemi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Karelia region. The municipality has a population of (), which make it the smallest municipality in South Karelia in terms of population. It covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
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," a title that was determined by number of bands per capita. Lemi had 13 recognised bands. Due to Lemi only having just 3,076 inhabitants at the time, it won with a ratio of 422.6 bands per 100,000 inhabitants.