Loppi

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**Lopen kunta**

municipality in Finland

Province	Southern Finland
Region	Tavastia Proper
Sub-region	Riihimäki
City manager	Voitto Saraneva
Official languages	Finnish
Area - total - land	ranked 142nd 655.82 km² 598.35 km²
Population - total (2005) - change - density	ranked 137th 7,960 +1.8 % 13.1/km²
Urbanisation	64.0 %
Unemployment rate	8.1 %
http://www.loppi.fi/

Loppi (Loppis in Swedish) is a municipality in Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. Loppi was founded in 1632. The municipality has a population of 7,960 (2005) and covers an area of 655.82 km² of which 57.47 km² is water. The population density is 13.1 inhabitants per km². The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

[edit] Villages

There are three big centers in Loppi: Loppi (Kirkonkylä), Launonen and Läyliäinen. Most of the inhabitants of the municipality live in these centers. Other centers include Hevosoja, Hirvijärvi, Hunsala, Joentaka, Kormu, Metsäkylä, Ourajoki, Pilpala, Räyskälä, Sajaniemi, Salo, Teväntö, Topeno and Vojakkala, but most of them are minor compared to the three largest.

[edit] Notable places

Marshal Mannerheim's hunting lodge (Marskin maja (Marshal's lodge) in Finnish) was moved from Karelia to Loppi in 1942 during the Continuation War. It is located on the side of lake Punelia and nowadays functions as a restaurant.

The Räyskälä airfield is located in Loppi. It is home to the Finnish Sports Aviation Academy and one of the busiest small airfields in Finland.

The church of Saint Birgitta is situated in Loppi. It is commonly called the Santa Pirjo, Pirjo being the Finnish version of the name Birgitta. The church is one of the oldest wooden churches in Finland, being about 300 years old.

[edit] External links

Official website (Finnish)
Finnish Sports Aviation Academy (Finnish)

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	Municipalities of Tavastia Proper
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	Tavastia Proper \| Southern Finland \| Finland