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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 Suomi (nation)  ........  Suomi (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Etelä-Karjala (region (administrative division))  ............  Etelä-Karjala (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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