Lyaskelya

Lyaskelya is a rural locality in Pitkyarantsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia. As of 2013, it had a population of 2,888. Läskelä has existed at least since 1618 and began industrializing in the 18th century, with paper production becoming an important industry in the early 20th century, while the settlement was part of Finland.

Photo: Красный, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jänis and Hiidenselkä.

Jänis

Village

Photo: Scaut2002, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Jänis is a village.

Hiidenselkä

Village

Photo: Avsolov, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hiidenselkä is a village, which is situated 6 km south of Lyaskelya.

Kharlu

Village

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Kharlu is a village, which is situated 6 km northwest of Lyaskelya.

Lyaskelya

Type: Village with 1,690 residents
Description: human settlement in Pitkyarantsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
Categories: posyolok, human settlement, and locality
Location: Karelia, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude

61.76219° or 61° 45′ 44″ north

Longitude

31.00763° or 31° 0′ 28″ east

Population

1,690

Elevation

21 metres (69 feet)

Open location code

9GHHQ265+V3

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Swedish—“Lyaskelya” goes by many names.

Armenian: “Լյասկելյա (գյուղ, Պիտկյարանտսկի շրջան)”
Armenian: “Լյասկելյա”
Cebuano: “Lyaskelya”
Chechen: “Ляскеля”
Finnish: “Läskelä”
French: “Läskelä”
German: “Läskelä”
German: “Ljaskelja”
Irish: “Lyaskelya”
Karelian: “Läskelä”
Livvi: “Läskelä”
Norwegian: “Ljaskelja”
Russian: “Ляскеля”
Swedish: “Läskelä”

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