Lapinlahti

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Lapinlahti
Lapinlax
Municipality
Lapinlahden kunta
Lapinlahti railway station
Lapinlahti railway station
Coat of arms of Lapinlahti
Coat of arms
Location of Lapinlahti in Finland
Location of Lapinlahti in Finland
Country  Finland
Region Northern Savonia
Sub-region Upper Savonia sub-region
Charter 1874
Government
 • Municipal manager Heikki Airaksinen
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
 • Total 1,245.13 km2 (480.75 sq mi)
 • Land 1,096.55 km2 (423.38 sq mi)
 • Water 148.58 km2 (57.37 sq mi)
Area rank 90th largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)[2]
 • Total 9,940
 • Rank 103rd largest in Finland
 • Density 9.06/km2 (23.5/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 99.4% (official)
 • Swedish 0.1%
 • Others 0.6%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 17.3%
 • 15 to 64 63.6%
 • 65 or older 19.1%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 18.5%
Website www.lapinlahti.fi

Lapinlahti (Swedish: Lapinlax) 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 9,940 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 1,245.13 square kilometres (480.75 sq mi) of which 148.58 km2 (57.37 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 9.06 inhabitants per square kilometre (23.5/sq mi).

The neighboring municipality of Varpaisjärvi was consolidated with Lapinlahti on January 1, 2011.[6]

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

File:KuPS Finnish Cup Train 2005.jpg
A Locomotive Tv1 No 940 –“The Finnish Cup loco”- at Lapinlahti, with Supporters of the soccer team KuPS after a decisive Cup victory

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External links

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