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
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Lappeenranta
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| subdivision_name3 = Joutseno
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| population_total = 73
| population_as_of = 2020-12-31
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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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External links
- [https://www.saimaageopark.fi/en/geosites/lappeenranta-konnunsuon-maisema-alue-2/ Lappeenranta – Konnunsuo landscape area] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125120213/https://www.saimaageopark.fi/en/geosites/lappeenranta-konnunsuon-maisema-alue-2/ |date=2022-11-25 }} – Saimaa Geopark (in English)
- [https://www.fonecta.fi/kartat/konnunsuo,%20lappeenranta?lon=28.539913&lat=61.030639&z=13 Konnunsuo's location] – Fonecta
- Mari Lukkari: [https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-8654580 Kylmä ja maaginen Konnunsuo] – Yle, 2 February 2016. (in Finnish)
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