Leppävirta
| Leppävirta | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Leppävirran kunta | ||
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Konnus channel in Leppävirta | ||
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 Location of Leppävirta in Finland | ||
| Coordinates: 62°30′N 027°47′E / 62.500°N 27.783°ECoordinates: 62°30′N 027°47′E / 62.500°N 27.783°E | ||
| Country | Finland | |
| Region | Northern Savonia | |
| Sub-region | Varkaus sub-region | |
| Charter | 1639 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Matti Raatikainen | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 1,519.67 km2 (586.75 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 1,136.05 km2 (438.63 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 383.62 km2 (148.12 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 66th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2014-11-30)[2] | ||
| • Total | 10,022 | |
| • Rank | 99th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 8.82/km2 (22.8/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 98.9% (official) | |
| • Others | 1% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 15.5% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 62.4% | |
| • 65 or older | 22.1% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19% | |
| Website | www.leppavirta.fi | |
Leppävirta is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 10,022 (30 November 2014)[2] and covers an area of 1,519.67 square kilometres (586.75 sq mi) of which 383.62 km2 (148.12 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 8.82 inhabitants per square kilometre (22.8/sq mi).
Neighbour municipalities are Heinävesi, Joroinen, Kuopio, Pieksämäki, Suonenjoki, Tuusniemi and Varkaus.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
International relations
Leppävirta is twinned with:[6]
References
- Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.11.2014" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ "Twinning municipalities". 27 September 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
External links
Media related to Leppävirta at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Leppävirta – Official website
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