Konnunsuo

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| settlement_type = Village

| image_skyline = Konnunsuo wiki.jpg

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| image_caption = The Konnunsuo Prison in the village.

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| subdivision_name = Finland

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| subdivision_name1 = South Karelia

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| subdivision_name2 = Lappeenranta

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| subdivision_name3 = Joutseno

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| population_total = 73

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Konnunsuo ({{IPA|fi|ˈkonːunˌsuo̯}}) is a small village of the former municipality of Joutseno, today part of the Lappeenranta in South Karelia, Finland. It is located about {{convert|15|km}} from the Russian border. In 2020, only 73 people lived in the village postal code area. The landscape of the central part of the village is dominated by the former {{ill|Konnunsuo Prison|fi|Konnunsuon vankila}}, which was turned into an agricultural prison in the early 20th century.[http://www.rky.fi/read/asp/r_kohde_det.aspx?KOHDE_ID=940 Konnunsuon vankila] – Finnish Heritage Agency (in Finnish) Officially, prison operations in Konnunsuo ended in May 2011.Helsingin Sanomat, 28 May 2011. (in Finnish)

In the summers of 2009–2017, a music-focused, interdisciplinary Kontufolk festival was organized in Konnunsuo.[http://kontufolk.net/ Kontufolk] (in Finnish)

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