Lapinlahti

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Municipality in Northern Savonia, Finland

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Location of Lapinlahti in Finland

Coordinates: 63°22′N 027°23′E / 63.367°N 27.383°E / 63.367; 27.383Country

FinlandRegionNorthern SavoniaSub-regionUpper SavoniaCharter1874Government

• Municipal managerHeikki AiraksinenArea

(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 FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total8,972 • Rank110th largest in Finland • Density8.18/km² (21.2/sq mi)Population by native language

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• Finnish97.5% (official) • Swedish0.1% • Others2.4%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

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 8,972 (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.

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]

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ "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 January 1, 2011.
^ "Lapinlahti". Järviwiki (in Finnish). Retrieved July 9, 2022.