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Kivisalmi, Lappeenranta — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Kivisalmi is a district of Lappeenranta about four kilometres out from the city centre, with Voisalmi as its closest neighbour.
About Kivisalmi
Where to stay in Kivisalmi
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Kivisalmi is an outer address. The district sits about four kilometres from the middle of Lappeenranta, with Voisalmi the closest of its neighbours and Tyysterniemi, Pikisaari and Rapasaari filling the ground between it and the older quarters. You trade walking access to the centre for distance from it.
About Kivisalmi
What are the main landmarks in Kivisalmi?
No landmark is recorded here. Kivisalmi carries no museum, church or monument recorded under its own name, so whatever a visitor comes to Lappeenranta to see stands in one of the other districts of the city. Pikisaari, Rapasaari and Tyysterniemi lie between it and the older core.
Voisalmi sits about a kilometre off.
What is the history of Kivisalmi?
Kivisalmi belongs to Lappeenranta, and to nothing older on the record. No dated event marks it. What holds for Kivisalmi holds for Voisalmi and Tyysterniemi alongside it: the South Karelia city counts all three among its districts, and the names work as addresses inside Lappeenranta rather than as separate towns with histories of their own.
Where is Kivisalmi?
Voisalmi is Kivisalmi's nearest neighbour among the districts of Lappeenranta. Tyysterniemi and Pikisaari follow.
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Updated September 2026