Luumäki is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Taavetti.

It is located in the province

Provinces of Finland

The state of Finland consisted of six provinces between the years 1997 and 2009. The provincial authority was part of the central government's executive branch, not directly elected. The system was created in 1634, and its makeup was changed drastically in 1997, when the number of the provinces...

 of Southern Finland

Southern Finland

Southern Finland was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2010. It bordered the provinces of Western Finland and Eastern Finland. It also bordered the Gulf of Finland and Russia.- History :...

 and is part of the South Karelia

South Karelia

South Karelia is a region of Finland. It borders to the regions of Kymenlaakso, Southern Savonia, North Karelia and to Russia. The term "South Karelia" might also be used to refer to the southern parts of the entire Karelia — the Region of South Karelia is termed "South" because it is the...

 region

Regions of Finland

Finland consists of 19 regions called in Finnish and in Swedish. The regions are governed by regional councils, which serve as forums of cooperation for the municipalities of a region. The main tasks of the regions are regional planning and development of enterprise and education. In addition,...

. The municipality has a population of
and covers an area of km2 of
which km2
is water. The population density

Population density

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 is
PD/km2.

The president of Finland Pehr Evind Svinhufvud

Pehr Evind Svinhufvud

Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad , December 15, 1861 – February 29, 1944) was the third President of Finland from 1931 to 1937. Serving as a lawyer, judge, and politician in the Russian Grand Duchy of Finland, he played a major role in the movement for Finnish independence...

 died in Luumäki on February 29, 1944.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The name Luumäki means literally "Bone Hill". In the Finnish version of the comic strip Bone

Bone (comics)

Bone is an independently published graphic novel series originally serialized in 55 irregularly released issues from 1991 to 2004. Bone was drawn and written by Jeff Smith....

, the place-name Boneville is translated as Luumäki.

Villages

Anjala, Antikkala, Askola, Ellola (Ellonen), Haimila, Heikkilä, Heimala, Hietamies, Himottula (Taina), Hirvikallio, Huomola, Huopainen, Husula, Hyyrylä, Iihola, Inkilä, Junttola, Jurvala, Juurikkala (Juurikas), Kannuskoski, Keskinen, Kiurula, Kiviniemi, Kokkola, Kolppola, Kontula, Koskela, Kähölä, Lakkala (Lakka), Laukkala (Laukas), Lensula, Luotola, Marttila (Taavetti), Mentula, Metsola, Multiala, Munne (Munteenkylä), Niemi, Nokkala, Nuppola, Nurmiainen, Okkola, Orkola, Parola, Pitkäpää, Pukkila (Pukki), Pätärilä, Rantala, Saareks, Saarits, Saksala, Salmi, Sarkalahti, Sarvilahti, Siiropää, Sirkjärvi, Suoanttila, Suonpohja, Sydänmaanlakka, Taina, Tapavainola, Taukaniemi, Toikkala, Vainonen, Venäläinen, Viuhkola

Notable people

• Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
  Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
  Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad , December 15, 1861 – February 29, 1944) was the third President of Finland from 1931 to 1937. Serving as a lawyer, judge, and politician in the Russian Grand Duchy of Finland, he played a major role in the movement for Finnish independence...
  
  
• Ilkka Remes
  Ilkka Remes
  Ilkka Remes , is a Finnish author of thrillers and young adult literature. Remes was born in Luumäki as Petri Pykälä. Remes has stated he uses a pseudonym because he does not want to be considered only a thriller writer, and wants to be able to write other genres of books in the future.Remes lives...
  
  
• Arvi Tynys
• Jarmo Mäkinen
  Jarmo Mäkinen
  Jarmo Mäkinen is a Finnish actor.Mäkinen began acting in 1989 on television working consistently throughout the 1990s appearing in several films and TV series mostly notably in Vita lögner which he starred in 27 episodes in 1999...
  
  
• Esa Kirkkopelto
• Hannu Purho
• Sulo Saarits
• Jarno Kultanen
  Jarno Kultanen
  Jarno Kultanen is a professional ice hockey player currently with KooKoo in the Finnish Mestis. He has also played in the KalPa and HIFK, and in the National Hockey League for Boston Bruins. In Sweden he has represented Södertälje SK and Mora IK.- External links :...
  
  

External links

• Municipality of Luumäki – Official website
• Taavetti fortress in Luumäki area