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Lapinjärvi (municipality)

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Country
  
Finland

Charter
  
1575

Climate
  
Dfb

Local time
  
Sunday 8:56 PM

Sub-region
  
Loviisa sub-region

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Website
  
www.lapinjarvi.fi

Region
  
Uusimaa

Lapinjärvi (municipality)

Weather
  
-1°C, Wind SW at 11 km/h, 93% Humidity

Lapinjärvi ([ˈlapinˌjærʋi]; Swedish: Lappträsk) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 2,764 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 329.87 square kilometres (127.36 sq mi) of which 9.44 km2 (3.64 sq mi) is water. The population density is 8.38 inhabitants per square kilometre (21.7/sq mi).

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Map of 07800 Lapinj%C3%A4rvi, Finland

Neighbouring municipalities are Iitti, Kouvola, Loviisa, Myrskylä and Orimattila.

The municipality is bilingual, with majority being Finnish and minority Swedish speakers.

Lapinjärvi lake is located in the Lapinjärvi.

Politics

Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Lapinjärvi:

  • Swedish People's Party 33.2%
  • Centre Party 16.8%
  • True Finns 16.2%
  • National Coalition Party 11.2%
  • Social Democratic Party 10.4%
  • Green League 4.3%
  • Left Alliance 3.9%
  • Christian Democrats 2.1%

    • People born in Lapinjärvi

  • Gustaf Rosenqvist (1855 – 1931)
  • Vilhelm Rosenqvist (1856 – 1925)
  • Hilda Käkikoski (1864 – 1912)
  • Otto Slätis (1864 – 1940)
  • Johan Strömberg (1868 – 1952)
  • Gustaf Storgårds (1869 – 1945)
  • Mikko Innanen (1978 –)

    • References

    Lapinjärvi (municipality) Wikipedia
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