Simpele: facts

At a glance

• Country: Finland
• Region: South Karelia
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Coordinates: 61.4333° N, 29.3667° E
• Time zone: Europe/Helsinki (UTC+02:00 standard, UTC+03:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Helsinki: 278 km (173 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Savonlinna Airport (SVL): 61 km (38 mi), straight line
• Lappeenranta Airport (LPP): 78 km (49 mi), straight line
• Joensuu Airport (JOE): 137 km (85 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Parikkala: 15 km (9 mi)
• Ruokolahti: 33 km (20 mi)
• Imatra: 44 km (27 mi)
• Svetogorsk, Russia: 45 km (28 mi)
• Lakhdenpokh'ya, Russia: 45 km (28 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Akademicheskoe, 167 km (104 mi)