Lapinlahti | |
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Municipality | |
| Lapinlahden kunta Lapinlahti kommun | |
) Lapinlahti railway station | |
) Coat of arms | |
) Location of Lapinlahti in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°22′N 027°23′E / 63.367°N 27.383°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Northern Savonia |
| Sub-region | Upper Savonia |
| Charter | 1874 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Heikki Airaksinen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,245.16 km2 (480.76 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,096.55 km2 (423.38 sq mi) |
| • Water | 148.58 km2 (57.37 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 70th largest in Finland |
| Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 9,358 |
| • Rank | 110th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 8.53/km2 (22.1/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 99.4% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.1% |
| • Others | 0.6% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 17.3% |
| • 15 to 64 | 63.6% |
| • 65 or older | 19.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 18.5% |
| Website | www.lapinlahti.fi |
Lapinlahti (Swedish: Lapinlahti, also Lapinlax) is a municipality of Finland.
It is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 9,358 (31 December 2020)[2] and covers an area of 1,245.16 square kilometres (480.76 sq mi) of which 148.58 km2 (57.37 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 8.53 inhabitants per square kilometre (22.1/sq mi).
The neighboring municipality of Varpaisjärvi was consolidated with Lapinlahti on January 1, 2011.[6]
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
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A Locomotive Tv1 No 940 –“The Finnish Cup loco”- at Lapinlahti, with Supporters of the soccer team KuPS after a decisive Cup victory
References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Joulukuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "1.1.2011 yhdistyvien kuntien uudet nimet". Kunnat.net (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomen Kuntaliitto. 2 July 2010. Archived from the original on 15 April 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
External links
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Media related to Lapinlahti at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Lapinlahti – Official website