Lapinlahti

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 8,975 (31 December 2023)[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 8.18 inhabitants per square kilometre (21.2/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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

Lapinlahti
Municipality
Lapinlahden kunta
Lapinlahti kommun
Lapinlahti railway station
Coat of arms
Location of Lapinlahti in Finland
Coordinates: 63°22′N 027°23′E
Country Finland
RegionNorthern Savonia
Sub-regionUpper Savonia
Charter1874
Government
 • Municipal managerHeikki Airaksinen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total1,245.16 km2 (480.76 sq mi)
 • Land1,096.71 km2 (423.44 sq mi)
 • Water148.58 km2 (57.37 sq mi)
 • Rank70th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total8,975
 • Rank110th largest in Finland
 • Density8.18/km2 (21.2/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish97% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others2.9%
Population by age
[4]
 • 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

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.[5]

There are a total of 229 lakes in the municipality of Lapinlahti, the largest of which include Lake Onkivesi.[6]

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 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. "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.
  6. "Lapinlahti". Järviwiki (in Finnish). February 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2022.

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