Lapinlahti
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Lapinlahti | |
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Municipality | |
| Lapinlahden kunta Lapinlahti kommun | |
 Lapinlahti railway station | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Lapinlahti in Finland | |
 Interactive map of Lapinlahti | |
| Coordinates: 63°22′N 027°23′E / 63.367°N 27.383°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Northern Savo |
| 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 | 1,096.71 km2 (423.44 sq mi) |
| • Water | 148.58 km2 (57.37 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 70th largest in Finland |
| Population (2025-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 8,801 |
| • Rank | 110th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 8.02/km2 (20.8/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 96.6% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.1% |
| • Others | 3.3% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 14.8% |
| • 15 to 64 | 56.7% |
| • 65 or older | 28.5% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
Lapinlahti (Finnish: [ˈlɑpinˌlɑhti]; Swedish: Lapinlahti, also Lapinlax) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Northern Savo region, located 59 kilometres (37 mi) north of the city of Kuopio. The municipality has a population of 8,801 (31 December 2025)[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 8.02 inhabitants per square kilometre (20.8/sq mi). 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 1 January 2011.[5]
There are a total of 229 lakes in the municipality of Lapinlahti, the largest of which include Lake Onkivesi.[6]
