Leppävirta
Template:Expand Finnish Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox settlement Leppävirta (Template:IPA) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Savo region, Template:Convert south of Kuopio along the Finnish national road 5. 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 is water.<ref name="total_area" /> The population density is Template:Convert.
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
- Jorma Hynninen, opera singer
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- Helena Kekkonen, peace activist
- Mikko Kuustonen, singer-songwriter
- Pentti Pekkarinen, politician
- Jully Ramsay, historian and genealogist
- Reino Soijärvi, ice hockey player
- Template:Ill, writer
- Template:Ill, writer, journalist and military aviator
- Template:Ill, artisan
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- Gustaf Wrede, engineer, and business magnate
International relations
Leppävirta is twinned with:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flagicon Storfors in Sweden
- Template:Flagicon Dovre in Norway
- Template:Flagicon Schwerte in Germany
- Template:Flagicon Orissaare in Estonia
References
- Notes
External links
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- Municipality of Leppävirta – Official website
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