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This article is about the municipality of Northern Savonia. For the district of Helsinki, see Lapinlahti, Helsinki.

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Municipality in Northern Savonia, Finland
Lapinlahti
Municipality
Lapinlahden kunta
Lapinlahti kommun
Lapinlahti railway stationLapinlahti railway station
Coat of arms of LapinlahtiCoat of arms
Location of Lapinlahti in FinlandLocation of Lapinlahti in Finland
Coordinates: 63°22′N 027°23′E / 63.367°N 27.383°E / 63.367; 27.383
Country Finland
RegionNorthern Savonia
Sub-regionUpper Savonia
Charter1874
Government
 • Municipal managerHeikki Airaksinen
Area
 • Total1,245.16 km (480.76 sq mi)
 • Land1,096.71 km (423.44 sq mi)
 • Water148.58 km (57.37 sq mi)
 • Rank70th largest in Finland
Population
 • Total8,869
 • Rank110th largest in Finland
 • Density8.09/km (21.0/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish97% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others2.9%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1414.8%
 • 15 to 6456.7%
 • 65 or older28.5%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.lapinlahti.fi

Lapinlahti (Finnish: [ˈlɑpinˌlɑhti]; Swedish: Lapinlahti, also Lapinlax) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Northern Savonia region, located 59 kilometres (37 mi) north of the city of Kuopio. The municipality has a population of 8,869 (31 October 2024) and covers an area of 1,245.16 square kilometres (480.76 sq mi) of which 148.58 km (57.37 sq mi) is water. The population density is 8.09 inhabitants per square kilometre (21.0/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The neighboring municipalities of Lapinlahti are Iisalmi, Kuopio, Rautavaara, Siilinjärvi and Sonkajärvi. The neighboring municipality of Varpaisjärvi was consolidated with Lapinlahti on 1 January 2011.

There are a total of 229 lakes in the municipality of Lapinlahti, the largest of which include Lake Onkivesi.

References

  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 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 19 November 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  3. "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  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. ^ "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  6. "1.1.2011 yhdistyvien kuntien uudet nimet". Kunnat.net (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomen Kuntaliitto. 2 July 2010. Archived from the original on 15 April 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  7. "Lapinlahti". Järviwiki (in Finnish). February 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2022.

External links

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Places adjacent to Lapinlahti
Iisalmi Sonkajärvi Rautavaara
Lapinlahti
Kuopio Siilinjärvi Kuopio
Municipalities of North Savo
Municipalities Coat of arms of North Savo
Former municipalities


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