Impilahti

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Impilahti Импила́хти
Settlement
An aerial view of Impilahti in 2020.
Coat of arms
Location of Impilahti
Impilahti Location of Impilahti Show map of Russia Impilahti Impilahti (Karelia) Show map of Karelia
Coordinates: 61°40′14.88″N 31°09′16.47″E / 61.6708000°N 31.1545750°E / 61.6708000; 31.1545750
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Karelia
Charter	1638[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Pitkyarantsky Municipal District
Time zone	UTC+3 (UTC+03:00 [2])
Postal code(s)[3]	186801
OKTMO ID	86633405101

Impilahti (Russian: Импила́хти; Karelian: Imbilahti;^[4] Swedish: Impilax) is a rural locality in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located at the northern tip of Lake Ladoga near the Finnish border, about 200 kilometres (120 mi) west of Petrozavodsk, the capital city of the Republic of Karelia. The nearest town is Sortavala, which is located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of Sortavala. Before World War II, the area belonged to Finland, after which it became part of the Soviet Union.

In 2012 the population of Impilahti was about one thousand.^[5] According to the 2010 census, 74% of the population are Russian, 9% Belarusian, 7% Karelian, 3% Ukrainian and 2% Finnish.^[6]