Place:Luumäki, Kymi, Finland

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NameLuumäki
Alt namesLuumaki
TypeMunicipality
Located inKymi, Finland
Also located inEtelä-Karjala, Etelä-Suomi, Finland    
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Luumäki is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in the Taavetti village. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region. The municipality has a population of[1] and covers an area of of which is water.[2] The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Neighbour municipalities are Hamina, Kouvola, Lappeenranta, Lemi, Miehikkälä and Savitaipale. Lappeenranta is located from Luumäki.

The president of Finland P. E. Svinhufvud died in Luumäki on February 29, 1944.


The name Luumäki means literally "Bone Hill". In the Finnish version of the comic strip Bone, the place-name Boneville is translated as Luumäki.

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