Leppävirta

Municipality in North Savo, Finland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Leppävirta (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈlepːæˌʋirtɑ]) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Savo region, 56 kilometres (35 mi) south of Kuopio along the Finnish national road 5. The municipality has a population of 8,974 (30 June 2025)[2] and covers an area of 1,519.64 square kilometres (586.74 sq mi) of which 383.62 km2 (148.12 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 7.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (20/sq mi).

Country Finland
Charter1639
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
Websiteleppavirta.fi
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Leppävirta
Municipality
Leppävirran kunta
Leppävirta kommun
Konnus channel in Leppävirta
Konnus channel in Leppävirta
Coat of arms of Leppävirta
Coat of arms
Location of Leppävirta in Finland
Location of Leppävirta in Finland
Coordinates: 62°30′N 027°47′E
Country Finland
RegionNorth Savo
Sub-regionVarkaus
Charter1639
Government
 • Municipal managerMatti Raatikainen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total
1,519.64 km2 (586.74 sq mi)
 • Land1,136.26 km2 (438.71 sq mi)
 • Water383.62 km2 (148.12 sq mi)
 • Rank68th largest in Finland
Population
 (2025-06-30)[2]
 • Total
8,974
 • Rank108th largest in Finland
 • Density7.9/km2 (20/sq mi)
Population by native language
[2]
 • Finnish96.9% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others3%
Population by age
[3]
 • 0 to 1413.3%
 • 15 to 6455.1%
 • 65 or older31.5%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websiteleppavirta.fi
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The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Geography

Neighbour municipalities are Heinävesi, Joroinen, Kuopio, Pieksämäki, Suonenjoki, Tuusniemi and Varkaus.

Villages

  • Sorsakoski
  • Häikiä
  • Häyry
  • Lylymäki
  • Niinimäki
  • Oravikoski
  • Reinikkala
  • Saahkarlahti

Notable people

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland

Leppävirta is twinned with:[4]

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