Charter 1639 Municipal tax rate 19% Region Northern Savonia | Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Wednesday 7:37 PM | |
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Area rank 68th largest in Finland Weather 3°C, Wind SW at 16 km/h, 85% Humidity |
Leppävirta is a municipality of Finland.
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Map of 79100 Lepp%C3%A4virta, Finland
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 9,939 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 1,136.01 square kilometres (438.62 sq mi) of which 383.62 km2 (148.12 sq mi) is water. The population density is 8.75 inhabitants per square kilometre (22.7/sq mi).
Neighbour municipalities are Heinävesi, Joroinen, Kuopio, Pieksämäki, Suonenjoki, Tuusniemi and Varkaus.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Some villages
Häikiä, Häyry, Lylymäki, Niinimäki, Oravikoski, Reinikkala and Saahkarlahti.
Famous people
International relations
Leppävirta is twinned with:
References
Leppävirta Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA