Lappajärvi
Municipality in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lappajärvi is a municipality in Finland in Southern Ostrobothnia region. It is 78 kilometres (48 mi) from Lappajärvi to Seinäjoki, 80 kilometres (50 mi) to Kokkola and 117 kilometres (73 mi) to Vaasa. The municipality has a population of 2,789 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 522.98 square kilometres (201.92 sq mi) of which 102.89 km2 (39.73 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 6.63 inhabitants per square kilometre (17.2/sq mi).
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Lappajärvi | |
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Municipality | |
Lappajärven kunta Lappajärvi kommun | |
Coordinates: 63°13′N 023°38′E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Southern Ostrobothnia |
Sub-region | Järviseutu sub-region |
Charter | 1865 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Sami Alasara |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 522.98 km2 (201.92 sq mi) |
• Land | 420.89 km2 (162.51 sq mi) |
• Water | 102.89 km2 (39.73 sq mi) |
• Rank | 200th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,789 |
• Rank | 225th largest in Finland |
• Density | 6.63/km2 (17.2/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 93.7% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.4% |
• Others | 6% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 13.9% |
• 15 to 64 | 50.3% |
• 65 or older | 35.8% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www.lappajarvi.fi |
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Lake Lappajärvi, which gives the name to the municipality, is a meteor crater, one of the few meteor crater lakes found in Finland.
Singer and performer, Timo Kotipelto from the worldwide known Finnish power metal band Stratovarius was born and raised in Lappajärvi.