Lappeenranta 's a city and municipality that resides on the shore of the lake Saimaa in South-Eastern Finland, about from the Russian border. It belongs to the province of Southern Finland and the region of South Karelia. With approximately round -3}}}} inhabitants (}}) Lappeenranta's the }} largest city in Finland. The neighboring municipality of Joutseno was consolidated with Lappeenranta on 2009-01-01. History The town was chartered in 1649 by Queen Christina of Sweden, legitimizing the tr… (More on Lappeenranta)