Hattuvaara is a village in Ilomantsi

Ilomantsi

Ilomantsi is municipality and a village of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is...

 municipality in the province of Eastern Finland

Eastern Finland

Eastern Finland was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2010. It bordered the provinces of Oulu, Western Finland and Southern Finland. It also bordered Russia.- History :...

, about 40 km north-east from the municipality centre and near the border with Russia

Russia

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It is the most eastern village in Finland and in the continental part of European Union

European Union

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 (in the EU, only Cyprus

Cyprus

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 is located further to the east). The easternmost point of Finland

Extreme points of Finland

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 and of the continental European Union

Extreme points of the European Union

This is a list of the extreme points of the European Union — the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.-In Europe:* North: Nuorgam, Finland...

 is located on an island in the lake Virmajärvi

Virmajärvi

Virmajärvi is a small lake straddling the border between Finland and Russia . It is located east of the village of Hattuvaara. The easternmost point of Finland and of the continental European Union is located on an island in the Virmajärvi....

 19 km east from Hattuvaara.

The village exists since 17th century and has the oldest Orthodox

Finnish Orthodox Church

The Finnish Orthodox Church is an autonomous Orthodox archdiocese of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. The Church has a legal position as a national church in the country, along with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland....

 chapel

Chapel

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 (tsasouna) in the Western Europe, built at the end of the 18th century and dedicated to St. Peter

Saint Peter

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 and St. Paul.

During the Continuation War

Continuation War

The Continuation War was the second of two wars fought between Finland and the Soviet Union during World War II.At the time of the war, the Finnish side used the name to make clear its perceived relationship to the preceding Winter War...

, a part of the Battle of Ilomantsi

Battle of Ilomantsi

The Battle of Ilomantsi was a part of the Continuation War . It was fought from July 26 to August 13, 1944, between Finland and the Soviet Union in area roughly 40 kilometers wide and 30 kilometers deep, near the Finnish-Soviet border, close to a small Finnish town of Ilomantsi, in North Karelia...

was fought near Hattuvaara on July 27, 1944. There are several monuments erected around the village to commemorate these events.

External links

• The most eastern village in Finland (in English)
• Suomen itäisin kylä (in Finnish)