Leppävirta

Leppävirta (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈle̞pːæˌʋirt̪ɑ]) 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 9,455 (31 July 2020)[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 8.32 inhabitants per square kilometre (21.5/sq mi).

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
RegionNorthern Savonia
Sub-regionVarkaus sub-region
Charter1639
Government
 • Municipal managerMatti Raatikainen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total1,519.64 km2 (586.74 sq mi)
 • Land1,136.05 km2 (438.63 sq mi)
 • Water383.62 km2 (148.12 sq mi)
Area rank68th largest in Finland
Population
 (2020-07-31)[2]
 • Total9,455
 • Rank107th largest in Finland
 • Density8.32/km2 (21.5/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish98.9% (official)
 • Others1%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1415.5%
 • 15 to 6462.4%
 • 65 or older22.1%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]19%
Websitewww.leppavirta.fi

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

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Some villages

Sorsakoski, Häikiä, Häyry, Lylymäki, Niinimäki, Oravikoski, Reinikkala and Saahkarlahti.

Famous people
  • Reino Soijärvi
  • J-M Spriikonen
  • Jorma Hynninen
  • Pentti Pekkarinen
  • Jukka Vesterinen
  • Rakel Kansanen
  • Adolf Tillaeus
  • Heikki Soisalo
  • Kalle Tähtelä
  • Mikko Kuustonen

International relations
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland

Leppävirta is twinned with:[6]

References
Notes
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Heinäkuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. "Twinning municipalities". 27 September 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

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