South Karelia

The location of South Karelia in Finland

coat of arms

South Karelia (Finnish: [Etelä-Karjala] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a part of Karelia and a region in Finland. Neighbouring regions are Kymenlaakso, Southern Savonia, and North Karelia.

Transportation: Freight trains from Russia are coming (as of 2024) thru the border village Vainikkala.^[1]

Municipalitiest

Etelä-Karjala has 9 municipalities. 2 of those are cities (marked bold).

Coat of arms of Imatra
On silver shield parted per pale with a black fortress-lined edge and three red notched crosses palewise.
On blue field a silver iron symbol, above of which silvery, fir tree chief.
Azure three reeds argent, issuant from a terrace wavy in base of the same.
Shield parted per wavy band sinister, red-silvery; on red field a silvery, golden-carpelled potato blossom.
Luumäki.vaakuna
Savitaipale.vaakuna
On red field above of wavy base a tar steamer; all silver.
Coat of arms of Imatra