Nuijamaa

Nuijamaa is a List of former [municipalities of Finland|former municipality] in the province of South Karelia in Finland. The municipality had inhabitants and an area of 136 km² in 1988. Nuijamaa was a Finnish-speaking municipality. Nuijamaa bordered the municipalities of Lappee, Lappeenranta, Lauritsala, Taipalsaari, Lemi, Luumäki, Ylämaa, and Joutseno. It also shared a border with Russia. It is from Nuijamaa to the city center of Lappeenranta and to the medieval town of Vyborg, Russia.
Before the Winter War, Nuijamaa had an area of. With the Continuation War in 1944, of the municipality was ceded to Russia. In 1975, an international border with Russia opened in Nuijamaa. The total crossings in 2007 were over 1.7 million.
Nuijamaa was incorporated into Lappeenranta in 1989.