Lapinlahti Explained

Lapinlahti
Official Name:Finnish: Lapinlahden kunta
Swedish: Lapinlahti kommun
Settlement Type:Municipality
Coordinates:63.3667°N 50°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Finland
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Northern Savonia
Subdivision Type2:Sub-region
Subdivision Name2:Upper Savonia
Leader Title:Municipal manager
Leader Name:Heikki Airaksinen
Established Title:Charter
Established Date:1874
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+02:00
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+03:00

Lapinlahti (in Finnish ˈlɑpinˌlɑhti/; Swedish: Lapinlahti, also Swedish: Lapinlax) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Northern Savonia region, located north of the city of Kuopio. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of NaNLapinlahti}} of which NaNLapinlahti}} is water. The population density is NaNLapinlahti. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The neighboring municipalities of Lapinlahti are Iisalmi, Kuopio, Rautavaara, Siilinjärvi and Sonkajärvi. The neighboring municipality of Varpaisjärvi was consolidated with Lapinlahti on January 1, 2011.[1]

There are a total of 229 lakes in the municipality of Lapinlahti, the largest of which include Lake Onkivesi.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1.1.2011 yhdistyvien kuntien uudet nimet . Kunnat.net . Finnish . 2 July 2010 . Suomen Kuntaliitto . Helsinki . January 1, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070415064418/http://www.kunnat.net/k_perussivu.asp?path=1 . 15 April 2007 . dead .
  2. Web site: Lapinlahti . Järviwiki . February 2011 . July 9, 2022 . fi.