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Lapinlahti | |
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Municipality | |
Lapinlahden kunta Lapinlahti kommun | |
Coordinates: 63°22′N 027°23′E / 63.367°N 27.383°E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Northern Savonia |
Sub-region | Upper Savonia |
Charter | 1874 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Heikki Airaksinen |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,245.16 km2 (480.76 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,096.71 km2 (423.44 sq mi) |
• Water | 148.58 km2 (57.37 sq mi) |
• Rank | 70th largest in Finland |
Population (2024-08-31)[2] | |
• Total | 8,907 |
• Rank | 110th largest in Finland |
• Density | 8.12/km2 (21.0/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 97% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.1% |
• Others | 2.9% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 14.8% |
• 15 to 64 | 56.7% |
• 65 or older | 28.5% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www |
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 8,907 (31 August 2024)[2] and covers an area of 1,245.16 square kilometres (480.76 sq mi) of which 148.58 km2 (57.37 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 8.12 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 January 1, 2011.[6]
There are a total of 229 lakes in the municipality of Lapinlahti, the largest of which include Lake Onkivesi.[7]