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Lemi

Located in Lappeenranta, South Karelia Coordinates: 61°04′54″ N 27°48′58″ E

Map showing the location of Lemi Lemi
Location in Finland
Population
2,917
2.9K
Elevation
86 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+02:00
Europe/Helsinki · UTC+02:00
Places inside
1
listed under Lemi
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
LPP Lappeenranta Airport18 km
SVL Savonlinna Airport113 km

About Lemi

Lemi is a municipality. Location: Lappeenranta, South Karelia. Population: 2,917. Elevation: 86 m.

From Wikipedia

Lemi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 2,878 (31 December 2025), which make it the smallest municipality in South Karelia in terms of population. It covers an area of 262.48 square kilometres (101.34 sq mi) of which 44.71 km2 (17.26 sq mi) is water. The population density is 13.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (34/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The Finnish thrash metal band Stam1na is from Lemi.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Built
1688
Area
218 km²
Official website
lemi.fi

Source: Wikidata

Travel notes for Lemi

From Wikivoyage

Lappeenranta countryside is a rural area, the westernmost part of South Karelia in the Finnish Lakeland. It's made up of the municipalities of Lemi, Luumäki, Savitaipale and Taipalsaari. Lake Saimaa reaches Savitaipale and Taipalsaari; there is an abundance of lake shore also otherwise (Taipalsaari alone has some 1,000 km of shoreline).

The large countryside that belongs to Lappeenranta itself is handled in that article, including Nuijamaa, Joutseno and Ylämaa.

Understand+

The area is popular for summer cottages; the population doubles in summer.

Tourist information:

Lemi municipal office, Toukkalantie 5, leminkunta@lemi.fi. Tue 10:00–15:30 Wed 08:00–15:00 Fri 09:00–13:00 or by agreement.

Luumäki: Taavetti main library, see Connect below

Savitaipale municipal office, Peltoinlahdentie 3a, kunta@savitaipale.fi. Mon–Fri 09:00–15:00.

Visit Taipalsaari, Savilahdentie 2 (by M-Market Taipalsaari). Jun–Aug according to the supermarket's opening hours. Unmanned Tourist Information Point. Coffee brewer, bike repair equipment (get the key from the supermarket checkout), bulletin board and books.

Regional Council of South Karelia, kirjaamo@ekarjala.fi.

Get in+

Luumäki is on national road 6, connecting Kouvola and Lappeenranta, and national road 26, coming in from Hamina. Savitaipale, in turn, is on the National Road 13 between Mikkeli and Lappeenranta. The other two towns are off the main highways; Lemi on regional road 380, bulging out from national road 13 and Taipalsaari is on regional road 408 going from Lappeenranta over islands in Lake Saimaa to Savitaipale.

Taavetti, the main town in Luumäki does have a railway station, but trains do not stop there any longer.

By bus:

All municipal centres have bus services from Lappeenranta. In addition, Luumäki has bus connections from Kouvola, and Savitaipale from Mikkeli.

Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged

Places bordering Lemi

  • Lappeenranta
  • Luumäki
  • Savitaipale
  • Taipalsaari

Population of Lemi over time

Population of Lemi over time
2007 3,056
2008 3,059
2009 3,041
2010 3,064
2011 3,068
2012 3,059
2013 3,130
2014 3,116
2015 3,073
2016 3,076
2017 3,063
2023 2,862

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Lemi

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 1° · Night -4° · Rain 63 mm

Hottest month
July (day 21°)
Coldest month
February (night -11°)
Wettest month
August (79 mm)
Driest month
February (32 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table
Climate of Lemi
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-5°-5°0°6°15°20°21°19°13°7°1°-3°
Average low (°C)-11°-11°-6°-1°5°10°12°11°6°2°-4°-8°
Precipitation (mm)413237353251687966656354

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Lemi

The nearest airport is Lappeenranta Airport (LPP), 18 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Tallinn, 250 km to the southwest.

Airports

  • Lappeenranta Airport (LPP) Lappeenranta 18 kmeast
  • Savonlinna Airport (SVL) Savonlinna 113 kmnortheast
  • Helsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL) Helsinki (Vantaa) 177 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Tallinn Population: 394K 250 kmsouthwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Lemi

Within 100 km: 2 natural sites, 28 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km1 place

  • Lake Kivijärvi Lake 22 kmSW

25–60 km5 places

  • Saimaa Lake 30 kmNE
  • Korpijärvi Lake 40 kmNW
  • Repovesi Nationalpark Natural site 54 kmW
  • Lake Nuijamaa Lake 43 kmE

60–100 km24 places

  • Kaunissaari Island 99 kmSW
  • Pyhäjärvi Lake 82 kmW
  • Vuohijärvi Lake 62 kmW
  • Niskajärvi Lake 63 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Places in Lemi

1 place
  1. 1 Lemi 2.9K

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

Sources & licences

Data last updated: · 2 independent sources