Leppävirta

Leppävirta (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈlepːæˌʋirtɑ]) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia region, 56 kilometres (35 mi) south of Kuopio along the Finnish national road 5. The municipality has a population of 8,999 (31 August 2024)^[2] and covers an area of 1,519.64 square kilometres (586.74 sq mi) of which 383.62 km² (148.12 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 7.92 inhabitants per square kilometre (20.5/sq mi).

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Leppävirta
Municipality
Leppävirran kunta Leppävirta kommun
Konnus channel in Leppävirta
Coat of arms
Location of Leppävirta in Finland
Coordinates: 62°30′N 027°47′E
Country	Finland
Region	Northern Savonia
Sub-region	Varkaus
Charter	1639
Government
• Municipal manager	Matti Raatikainen
Area (2018-01-01)^[1]
• Total	1,519.64 km² (586.74 sq mi)
• Land	1,136.26 km² (438.71 sq mi)
• Water	383.62 km² (148.12 sq mi)
• Rank	68th largest in Finland
Population (2024-08-31)^[2]
• Total	8,999
• Rank	109th largest in Finland
• Density	7.92/km² (20.5/sq mi)
Population by native language ^[2]
• Finnish	97.2% (official)
• Swedish	0.1%
• Others	2.7%
Population by age ^[3]
• 0 to 14	13.3%
• 15 to 64	55.1%
• 65 or older	31.5%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	leppavirta.fi

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Neighbour municipalities are Heinävesi, Joroinen, Kuopio, Pieksämäki, Suonenjoki, Tuusniemi and Varkaus.

Villages

Sorsakoski
Häikiä
Häyry
Lylymäki
Niinimäki
Oravikoski
Reinikkala
Saahkarlahti

This section does not cite any sources. (May 2024)

Jorma Hynninen, opera singer
Rakel Kansanen [fi], translator
Helena Kekkonen, peace activist
Mikko Kuustonen, singer-songwriter
Pentti Pekkarinen, politician
Jully Ramsay, historian and genealogist
Reino Soijärvi, ice hockey player
Heikki Soisalo [fi], writer
Kalle Tähtelä [fi], writer, journalist and military aviator
Adolf Tillaeus [fi], artisan
Jukka Vesterinen [fi], sportsperson

Leppävirta is twinned with:^[4]

Notes

[1]
"Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
[2]
"Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 24 September 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
[3]
"Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
[4]
"Twinning municipalities". 27 September 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

Media related to Leppävirta at Wikimedia Commons

Municipality of Leppävirta – Official website

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Quick Facts Country, Region ...

Leppävirta
Municipality
Leppävirran kunta Leppävirta kommun
Konnus channel in Leppävirta
Coat of arms
Location of Leppävirta in Finland
Coordinates: 62°30′N 027°47′E
Country	Finland
Region	Northern Savonia
Sub-region	Varkaus
Charter	1639
Government
• Municipal manager	Matti Raatikainen
Area (2018-01-01)^[1]
• Total	1,519.64 km² (586.74 sq mi)
• Land	1,136.26 km² (438.71 sq mi)
• Water	383.62 km² (148.12 sq mi)
• Rank	68th largest in Finland
Population (2024-08-31)^[2]
• Total	8,999
• Rank	109th largest in Finland
• Density	7.92/km² (20.5/sq mi)
Population by native language ^[2]
• Finnish	97.2% (official)
• Swedish	0.1%
• Others	2.7%
Population by age ^[3]
• 0 to 14	13.3%
• 15 to 64	55.1%
• 65 or older	31.5%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	leppavirta.fi

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Neighbour municipalities are Heinävesi, Joroinen, Kuopio, Pieksämäki, Suonenjoki, Tuusniemi and Varkaus.

Villages

Sorsakoski
Häikiä
Häyry
Lylymäki
Niinimäki
Oravikoski
Reinikkala
Saahkarlahti

This section does not cite any sources. (May 2024)

Jorma Hynninen, opera singer
Rakel Kansanen [fi], translator
Helena Kekkonen, peace activist
Mikko Kuustonen, singer-songwriter
Pentti Pekkarinen, politician
Jully Ramsay, historian and genealogist
Reino Soijärvi, ice hockey player
Heikki Soisalo [fi], writer
Kalle Tähtelä [fi], writer, journalist and military aviator
Adolf Tillaeus [fi], artisan
Jukka Vesterinen [fi], sportsperson

Leppävirta is twinned with:^[4]

Notes

[1]
"Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
[2]
"Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 24 September 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
[3]
"Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
[4]
"Twinning municipalities". 27 September 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

Media related to Leppävirta at Wikimedia Commons

Municipality of Leppävirta – Official website

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