Lappajärvi

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Lappajärvi is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 3,792 (2003) and covers an area of 523.80 km² of which 102.45 km² is water. The population density is 7.2 inhabitants per km².

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 world wide known Finnish power metal band Stratovarius was born and raised in this municipality.

Coordinates: 63°13′05″N, 23°37′45″E