Leppävirta () is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
of
Finland
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. It is located in the
Northern Savonia region
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, south of
Kuopio
Kuopio ( , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Savo. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Kuopio is approximately , while the Kuopio sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the mos ...
along the
Finnish national road 5
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. The municipality has a population of
()
and covers an area of of
which
is water.
The
population density
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is
.
The municipality is unilingually
Finnish.
Geography
Neighbour municipalities are
Heinävesi,
Joroinen
Joroinen is a municipality in the North Savo region of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland Province, Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia sub-region. The municipality has a population of approximately 4,626 peop ...
, Kuopio,
Pieksämäki
Pieksämäki () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Savonia region, about north of Mikkeli, east of Jyväskylä and south of Kuopio. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water ...
,
Suonenjoki
Suonenjoki (; literally means "vein's river") is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia region, southwest of Kuopio.
The town has a population of
() and covers an area of of
which
is water. The population d ...
,
Tuusniemi and
Varkaus
Varkaus, before 1929 known as Warkaus, is a Middle- Savonian industrial town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region, between the city of Kuopio and the town of ...
.
Villages
* Sorsakoski
* Häikiä
* Häyry
* Lylymäki
* Niinimäki
* Oravikoski
* Reinikkala
* Saahkarlahti
Notable people
*
Jorma Hynninen, opera singer
*, translator
*
Helena Kekkonen, peace activist
*
Mikko Kuustonen, singer-songwriter
*
Pentti Pekkarinen, politician
*
Jully Ramsay, historian and genealogist
*
Reino Soijärvi, ice hockey player
*, writer
*, writer, journalist and military aviator
*, artisan
*, sportsperson
*
Gustaf Wrede, engineer, and business magnate
International relations
Leppävirta is
twinned with:
*
Storfors
Storfors is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Storfors Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 2,337 inhabitants in 2010.
Storfors specialises in the manufacturing of heavy wall pipes in standard and special grades for large p ...
in
Sweden
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*
Dovre
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in
Norway
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*
Schwerte in
Germany
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*
Orissaare in
Estonia
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References
;Notes
External links
Municipality of Leppävirta– Official website
Populated places established in 1639
1639 establishments in Sweden
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