Leppävirta
Municipality in Northern Savonia, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Leppävirta?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
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 9,049 (31 December 2023)[4] 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 7.96 inhabitants per square kilometre (20.6/sq mi).
You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Finnish. (June 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Quick Facts Country, Region ...
Leppävirta | |
---|---|
Municipality | |
Leppävirran kunta Leppävirta kommun | |
Coordinates: 62°30′N 027°47′E | |
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 (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 9,049 |
• Rank | 109th largest in Finland |
• Density | 7.96/km2 (20.6/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 97.2% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.1% |
• Others | 2.7% |
Population by age | |
• 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 |
Close
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.