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Also known as Lapinlax

Lapinlahti (; , also ) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Northern Savo region, located north of the city of Kuopio. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Lapinlahti
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
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Lapinlahden rautatieasema.JPG
Settlement.image_caption
Lapinlahti railway station
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Lapinlahti.vaakuna.svg
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120x80px
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Lapinlahti sijainti Suomi.svg
Settlement.map_caption
Location of Lapinlahti in Finland
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Northern Savo
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Sub-region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Upper Savonia
Settlement.leader_title
Municipal manager
Settlement.leader_name
Heikki Airaksinen
Settlement.established_title
Charter
Settlement.established_date
1874
Settlement.timezone
EET

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Lapinlahti (; , also ) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Northern Savo region, located north of the city of Kuopio. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The neighboring municipalities of Lapinlahti are Iisalmi, Kuopio, Rautavaara, Siilinjärvi and Sonkajärvi. The neighboring municipality of Varpaisjärvi was consolidated with Lapinlahti on 1 January 2011.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lapinlahti” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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