Liperi

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{{Infobox settlement
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|leader_title = Municipal manager
|leader_name = Pellervo Hämäläinen
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'''Liperi''' ({{langx|sv|Libelits}}) is a [[municipalities of Finland|municipality]] of [[Finland]]. It is located in the [[North Karelia]] [[regions of Finland|region]]. Liperi is a community of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Liperi}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }})<ref name="population_count 2">{{Cite web|url=http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=6847&site=3&id=0 |title=VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012 |publisher=Population Register Center of Finland |language=Finnish, Swedish |accessdate=11 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003192016/http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=6847&site=3&id=0 |archivedate= 3 October 2013 }}</ref> with the growth rate of 83 newcomers in 11 months in 2007. The [[population density]] is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Liperi
|round=2}}|PD/km2}}. The municipality covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Liperi}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Liperi}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water.<ref name="total_area"/>

The municipality is unilingually [[Finnish language|Finnish]].

Neighbouring municipalities of Liperi are [[Heinävesi]], [[Joensuu]], [[Kontiolahti]], [[Outokumpu, Finland|Outokumpu]], [[Polvijärvi]], [[Pyhäselkä]], [[Rääkkylä]] and [[Savonlinna]].

The municipality of Liperi has increased in population for several years, as a side effect of the attraction of the nearby city of [[Joensuu]]. Liperi is among the fastest growing municipalities in Northern Karelia. Especially the areas of [[Ylämylly]], [[Honkalampi]] and [[Jyrinkylä]], situated close to each other.

The Finnish [[Parliament of Finland|member of the parliament]] [[Eero Reijonen]] lives in Liperi.

The highest recorded natural temperature in Finland, 37.2 °C (99.0 °F), was measured at [[Joensuu Airport]] in Liperi on July 29, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[YLE|Finnish Broadcasting Company]]|title=Kaikkien aikojen lämpöennätys uusiksi: 37,2 astetta|date=2010-07-30|url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/teksti/kotimaa/2010/07/kaikkien_aikojen_lampoennatys_uusiksi_372_astetta_1865273.html|language=Finnish|accessdate=2012-02-06}}</ref>

In July 2021, Saariston Puoti, a resting place on the shores of Lake Ruokosalmi in Liperi, was chosen as the best [[rest stop]] in Finland.<ref>[https://www.is.fi/matkat/art-2000008095014.html IS: Suomen parhaat taukopaikat! Näissä kannattaa poiketa kahvilla ja syömässä – lukijoiden 20 suosikkia kartalla] (in Finnish)</ref>

==Church village==
[[File:Liperi1.jpg|thumb|right|View of the Liperi harbour, on a summer night]]
The view of the church village of Liperi is dominated by the stout red brick church of Liperi, which was built from 1854 to 1858. The old wooden municipality house is among the oldest buildings in the region, and discussions about its protection have been ongoing since the 1990s.

The centre of the church village was changed outwardly, when a bypassing highway connection was started in summer 2007. In the process, the place of the summer market moved to the yard of the Liperi stage for one summer.

==Villages==
[[File:Liperi kuorinka.jpg|thumb|left|Lake Kuorinka]]
[[File:Liperi kirkkoranta.jpg|thumb|right|The dairy in Liperi produces pure products from Finnish nature.]]
Villages in Liperi include [[Härkinvaara]], [[Kaatamo]], [[Korpivaara]], [[Mattisenlahti]], [[Risti, Finland|Risti]], [[Roukalahti]], [[Salokylä]], [[Tutjunniemi]], [[Vaivio]], [[Viinijärvi]] and [[Ylämylly]].

==Municipality join plans==
In November 2006, Liperi and [[Outokumpu, Finland|Outokumpu]] announced their plan to discuss a municipality join. On 13 November 2006, the municipal council of Liperi decided, with votes 24 to 11, to only discuss a municipality join with Outokumpu, not with other municipalities. The municipalities already have a common director of social and health services.<ref>''Karjalainen'' 4 November 2006 and 14 November 2006</ref>

On 19 June 2007, the municipality council decided not to pursue the municipality join with the city of Outokumpu.<ref>Discussions of the municipal council of Liperi, 19 June 2007</ref>

==Schools==

===Liperi gymnasium===
The Liperi gymnasium operates in the Liperi municipal centre at a distance of {{convert|25|km}} from Joensuu. The gymnasium and classes 5 to 9 of the Liperi school form an employment community for about 700 people.

On 15 December 2006, the education board of Liperi decided to propose the discontinuation of the Liperi gymnasium. The number of students in the Liperi gymnasium had declined throughout the entire 2000s (decade). In a poll conducted in autumn 2006, only two 9th class students in Liperi announced they were applying for their own municipality's gymnasium, 50 announced they were applying for gymnasia elsewhere.<ref>''Karjalainen'' 16 December and 19 December 2006</ref>

On 18 December 2006, the municipal council decided that from autumn 2007 onwards, the gymnasium shall no longer accept new students. During the school year 2007–2008, there were 66 students studying in the second and third classes of the gymnasium.<ref>''Karjalainen'' 19 December 2006</ref>

===Other schools===
Other schools in Liperi include schools in Ylämylly, Viinijärvi, Käsämä and Mattisenlahti.

==Parishes==
[[File:Liperi kirkko.jpg|thumb|right|The Evangelical Lutheran church, the fifth in this place at Church Bay]]
The [[Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland|Evangelical Lutheran parish]] of Liperi covers the whole area of the municipality after the parish of Viinijärvi was annexed to it in 1995.

[[File:Liperi ort kirkko.jpg|thumb|right|The orthodox chapel]]
Viinijärvi is the centre of the Taipale [[Finnish Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] parish, the parish reaches to Polvijärvi and Outokumpu. The current church of Taipale was built in 1906.

==Cottage activity==
The first cottage activity society in Northern Karelia was founded in Liperi in 2004. The society is a bond between the summer cottage inhabitants, and can make initiatives and suggestions to the municipal council. Every spring, the council sends a letter to the summer cottage inhabitants, containing general information about the municipality and instructions on how to propose representatives. Later, a list of representatives and cottage-specific vote ballots are posted.

The municipality also organises common shore fishing and summer theatre nights for the summer cottage inhabitants. There are about 3000 summer cottages in Liperi.

==Transportation==
Liperi used to have three [[cable ferry|cable ferries]]. The ferry in Käsämä was replaced with a [[bridge]] in 1988 and the Onkisalmi ferry in 1974. Only the Arvinsalmi ferry between Liperi and Rääkkylä remains.<ref>Pakarinen, Pekka: ''Suur-Liperistä leipäpitäjäksi'', pp. 307–308</ref>

The [[Joensuu Airport]] is located in Liperi. The [[Viinijärvi railway station]] has regional train connections to Joensuu and Pieksämäki. The nearest railway station in the western parts is the [[Vihtari railway station]].

==Culture and sports==
[[File:Liperi leipapaivat.jpg|thumb|left|The contest "Snacks from bread" for the seventh graders at school is held every year. The best looking and healthiest snacks are awarded.]]The Liperi stage in the church village holds dance contests: it held the [[humppa]] Finnish championships in June 2007.

The sports centre in Liperi is [[Pärnävaara]], which is the largest ski contest centre in Northern Karelia. Pärnävaara has hosted the [[Jukola relay]] orienteering contest in 2000.

[[Viinijärven Urheilijat]] rose to the women's [[Superpesis]] league in 2007, when the number of teams was raised to 12. ViU got second place in Ykköspesis, the decision of series increase was made in November. ViU has also won a championship in [[Superpesis]] league.

===Sports societies in Liperi===
Honkalampi-Ylämylly sport club, Karjalan Kopse (riding), Karjalan Käki, Kivekkäät, Leppälahden Uskallus, Liperin Avantouimarit, Liperi Ski Club, Liperin Kelo, Liperin Kiekko (icehockey), Liperi Women Gymnasts, Liperi Riders, Liperin Taimi, Sulkaman Kipinä, Vaivion Tarmo, Viinijärvi Women Gymnasts, Viinijärvi Sports Club, Ylämyllyn Tennis, Ylämyllyn Yllätys (football), Liperi Volley.

== Literature ==
* Pekka Pakarinen: ''Suur-Liperistä leipäpitäjäksi: Liperin historia'', 2006
* ''Tutju – kylä Saimaan latvavesillä'', village history, 2002

== Notable people ==

*[[Anders Josef Europaeus]], priest, Doctor of Theology, member of the diet
* [[Anu Kaipainen]], writer, worked as a Finnish language teacher in Viinijärvi

*Ski brothers [[Martti Lappalainen|Martti]] and [[Tauno Lappalainen]]. Their memorial stone ([[Veikko Jalava]], 1967) is located in the church village. They represented Liperin Kivekkäät.
* [[Kari Lehtola]], volleyball player.
* Multiple [[marathon]] winner [[Yrjö Pesonen]] represented [[Liperin Taimi]] in his career. He scored 7 Finnish Championships from 1992 to 2006.<ref>[http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/fi/atm.php?ID=12504 Yrjö Pesonen at tilastopaja.org]</ref>
* [[Wimme Saari]], Sápmi artist

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland}}

===Twin towns – Sister cities===
Liperi is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
*{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Aalborg]], [[Denmark]]<ref name="Aalborg twinnings">{{cite web|url=http://www.europeprize.net/en/?page_id=5 |title=Aalborg Twin Towns |publisher=Europeprize.net |accessdate=19 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907145357/http://www.europeprize.net/en/?page_id=5 |archivedate= 7 September 2013 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Liperi}}
*[https://www.liperi.fi/ Municipality of Liperi] – Official website
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120218105830/http://www.liperi.fi/lukio/ Liperi gymnasium]

{{Geographic location
| Centre = Liperi
| N = [[Polvijärvi]]
| NE = [[Kontiolahti]]
| E = [[Joensuu]]
| S = [[Savonlinna]] ([[South Savo]]), [[Rääkkylä]]
| W = [[Heinävesi]]
| NW = [[Outokumpu, Finland|Outokumpu]]
}}
{{NorthKarelia}}
{{Authority control}}

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