Leppävirta

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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 / 62.500°N 27.783°E / 62.500; 27.783
Country	Finland
Region	Northern Savonia
Sub-region	Varkaus
Charter	1639
Government
• Municipal manager	Matti Raatikainen
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	1,519.64 km2 (586.74 sq mi)
• Land	1,136.26 km2 (438.71 sq mi)
• Water	383.62 km2 (148.12 sq mi)
• Rank	68th largest in Finland
Population  (2024-10-31)[2]
• Total	8,979
• Rank	109th largest in Finland
• Density	7.9/km2 (20/sq mi)
Population by native language [2]
• Finnish	97.2% (official)
• Swedish	0.1%
• Others	2.7%
Population by age [3]
• 0 to 14	13.3%
• 15 to 64	55.1%
• 65 or older	31.5%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	leppavirta.fi

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 8,979 (31 October 2024)^[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 7.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (20/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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

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

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• Jorma Hynninen, opera singer
• Rakel Kansanen [fi], translator
• Helena Kekkonen, peace activist
• Mikko Kuustonen, singer-songwriter
• Pentti Pekkarinen, politician
• Jully Ramsay, historian and genealogist
• Reino Soijärvi, ice hockey player
• Heikki Soisalo [fi], writer
• Kalle Tähtelä [fi], writer, journalist and military aviator
• Adolf Tillaeus [fi], artisan
• Jukka Vesterinen [fi], sportsperson

Leppävirta is twinned with:^[5]

• Storfors in Sweden
• Dovre in Norway
• Schwerte in Germany
• Orissaare in Estonia

Notes

Media related to Leppävirta at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Leppävirta – Official website

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