Lappajärvi
Template:About Template:Use dmy dates Template:Expand Finnish Template:Infobox settlement Lappajärvi is a municipality in Finland's Southern Ostrobothnia region. It is located Template:Convert from Seinäjoki, Template:Convert from Kokkola and Template:Convert from Vaasa. The municipality has a population of Template:Data Finland municipality/population count ({{#time: j F Y|Template:Data Finland municipality/population count }})<ref name="population_count" /> and covers an area of Template:Convert of which Template:Convert, or nearly 20% is water.<ref name="total_area" /> The population density is Template:Convert.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Lake Lappajärvi, which gives the name to the municipality, is a meteor crater, one of the few meteor crater lakes found in Finland.
Singer and performer, Timo Kotipelto from the worldwide known Finnish power metal band Stratovarius was born and raised in Lappajärvi.
Notable people born in Lappajärvi
- Johannes Bäck (1872–1952)
- Aleksi Hakala (1886–1959)
- Veikko Savela (1919–2015)
- Jarmo Övermark (1955–)
- Arto Melleri (1956–2005)
- Seppo Särkiniemi (1957–)
- Jussi Lampi (1961–)
- Timo Kotipelto (1969–)
- Petra Olli (1994–)
See also
References
External links
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- Municipality of Lappajärvi – Official website