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Lappajärvi

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Country
  
Finland

Charter
  
1865

Municipal tax rate
  
20%

Region
  
Southern Ostrobothnia

Sub-region
  
Järviseutu sub-region

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Local time
  
Sunday 9:15 PM

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Area rank
  
200th largest in Finland

Weather
  
1°C, Wind SW at 13 km/h, 89% Humidity

Lake lappaj rvi in finland 25 12 2014 4k video


Lappajärvi is a municipality in Finland in Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 3,220 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 420.14 square kilometres (162.22 sq mi) of which 102.89 km2 (39.73 sq mi) is water. The population density is 7.65 inhabitants per square kilometre (19.8/sq mi).

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Map of Lappaj%C3%A4rvi, Finland

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Lake Lappajärvi, which gives the name to the municipality, is a meteor crater, one of the few meteor crater lakes found in Finland.

Singer and performer, Timo Kotipelto from the worldwide known Finnish power metal band Stratovarius was born and raised in Lappajärvi.

The old stadium lappaj rvi ylip in finland


People born in Lappajärvi

  • Johannes Bäck (1872 – 1952)
  • Aleksi Hakala (1886 – 1959)
  • Veikko Savela (1919 – 2015 )
  • Jarmo Övermark (1955 – )
  • Arto Melleri (1956 – 2005)
  • Seppo Särkiniemi (1957 – )
  • Jussi Lampi (1961 – )
  • Timo Kotipelto (1969 – )

    • References

    Lappajärvi Wikipedia
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