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 9,279 (31 December 2021)[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 8.17 inhabitants per square kilometre (21.2/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
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)
 • Rank68th largest in Finland
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total9,279
 • Rank108th largest in Finland
 • Density8.17/km2 (21.2/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish98.9% (official)
 • Others1%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1413.3%
 • 15 to 6455.1%
 • 65 or older31.5%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]21%
Websitewww.leppavirta.fi

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Geography

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

Villages
  • Sorsakoski
  • Häikiä
  • Häyry
  • Lylymäki
  • Niinimäki
  • Oravikoski
  • Reinikkala
  • Saahkarlahti

Notable people

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. "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M12*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  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 (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  6. "Twinning municipalities". 27 September 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

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