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ID: 7009885
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009885
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Lappeenranta (inhabited place)  Lappeenranta (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 61 04 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 61.0667  decimal degrees
Long: 028 15 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 28.2500  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Lake Saimaa; was thriving medieval trade center; chartered by Swedish governor Per Brahe in 17th cen.; served as fortress on border of Russia from 18th cen.; destroyed by the Russians in 1741, but rebuilt.

Names:
Lappeenranta (preferred,C,V)
Villmanstrand (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Finland (nation)  ........  Finland (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of South Karelia Region (region (administrative division))  ............  South Karelia Region (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Lappeenranta (inhabited place)  ................  Lappeenranta (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  developed as major trade center by Middle Ages, chartered in 1649
city (C)
trade center (C)
industrial center (C)
resort center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Lappeenranta..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 503
.......................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 159
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 109
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Villmanstrand..........  [VP]
..........................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 503
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 159
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 109
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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