Niirala
Niirala is a village in Tohmajärvi, Keski-Karjala, North Karelia. Niirala is situated nearby to the town Värtsilä, as well as near the hamlet Kaurila.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Niirala railway station and Niirala.
Niirala
Building
The international border between Finland and Russia is 1,340 km long and runs approximately north to south, mostly through taiga forests and sparsely populated rural areas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Värtsilä and Värtsilä.
Värtsilä
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Värtsilä is a former municipality of Finland. It merged with Tohmajärvi in 2005. It included the international border crossing between Niirala and Vyartsilya. Värtsilä is situated 3 km north of Niirala.
Värtsilä
Village
Photo: Avsolov, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vyartsilya is an urban locality under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of republic significance of Sortavala in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located near the border with Finland, 256 kilometers west of Petrozavodsk, the capital of the republic. Värtsilä is situated 5 km east of Niirala.
Niirala
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: Tohmajärvi, Keski-Karjala, North Karelia, Finnish Lakeland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.17629° or 62° 10′ 35″ northLongitude
30.6029° or 30° 36′ 10″ eastElevation
79 metres (259 feet)Open location code
9GJG5JG3+G5OpenStreetMap ID
node 4501222731OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12743402
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Russian—“Niirala” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Niirala”
- Russian: “Ниирала”
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