Leppävirta

Leppävirta
Municipality
Leppävirran kunta
Konnus channel in Leppävirta

Coat of arms

Location of Leppävirta in Finland
Coordinates: 62°30′N 027°47′E / 62.500°N 27.783°E / 62.500; 27.783Coordinates: 62°30′N 027°47′E / 62.500°N 27.783°E / 62.500; 27.783
Country  Finland
Region Northern Savonia
Sub-region Varkaus sub-region
Charter 1639
Government
 • Municipal manager Matti Raatikainen
Area (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total 1,519.64 km2 (586.74 sq mi)
 • Land 1,136.05 km2 (438.63 sq mi)
 • Water 383.62 km2 (148.12 sq mi)
Area rank 68th largest in Finland
Population (2017-08-31)[2]
 • Total 9,828
 • Rank 101st largest in Finland
 • Density 8.65/km2 (22.4/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 98.9% (official)
 • Others 1%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 15.5%
 • 15 to 64 62.4%
 • 65 or older 22.1%
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5] 19%
Website www.leppavirta.fi

Leppävirta is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 9,828 (31 August 2017)[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 8.65 inhabitants per square kilometre (22.4/sq mi).

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

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Some villages

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

Famous people

  • J-M Spriikonen
  • Jorma Hynninen
  • Pentti Pekkarinen
  • Jukka Vesterinen
  • Rakel Kansanen
  • Adolf Tillaeus
  • Heikki Soisalo
  • Kalle Tähtelä

International relations

Leppävirta is twinned with:[6]

References

Notes
  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, elokuu 2017" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  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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