🇫🇮 Leppävirta is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia region, 56 km (35 mi) south of Kuopio along the Finnish national road 5. The municipality covers an area of 1,519.64 square km (586.74 sq mi) of which 383.62 km² (148.12 sq mi) is water. The population density is 7.96 inhabitants per square kilometre (20.6/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
1Geography Neighbour municipalities are Heinävesi, Joroinen, Kuopio, Pieksämäki, Suonenjoki, Tuusniemi and Varkaus.
1Villages • Sorsakoski • Häikiä • Häyry • Lylymäki • Niinimäki • Oravikoski • Reinikkala • Saahkarlahti.
1Leppävirta has a population of over 9,279 people. Leppävirta also forms part of the wider Varkaus District which has a population of over 33,259 people. It is also a part of the larger Northern Savonia Region. Leppävirta is situated 56 km south of Kuopio.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Leppävirta has links with:
🇳🇴 Dovre, Norway 🇪🇪 Orissaare, Estonia 🇩🇪 Schwerte, Germany 🇸🇪 Storfors, Sweden🇳🇴 Kristiansund 63.1
🇳🇴 Sør-Trøndelag 63.167
🇨🇦 Yellowknife 62.455
🇷🇺 Petrozavodsk 61.79
🇺🇦 Mohyliv-Podilskyi 27.783
🇿🇦 Vanderbijlpark 27.833
Locations Near: Leppävirta 27.7833,62.5
🇫🇮 Kuopio 27.693,62.893 d: 43.9
🇫🇮 Mikkeli 27.277,61.693 d: 93.5
🇫🇮 Lappeenranta 28.183,61.067 d: 160.8
🇫🇮 Kajaani 27.733,64.223 d: 191.6
🇫🇮 Kouvola 26.7,60.867 d: 190.4
🇫🇮 Joensuu 29.782,62.603 d: 103.1
🇷🇺 Vyborg 28.776,60.705 d: 206.3
🇫🇮 Jyväskylä 25.748,62.243 d: 108.8
Antipodal to: Leppävirta -152.217,-62.5
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15011.2
🇹🇴 Nukuʻalofa -175.2,-21.133 d: 15094.8
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 15094.6
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 14458.6
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 14387.6
🇨🇱 Castro -73.8,-42.467 d: 14661.8
🇨🇱 Punta Arenas -70.91,-53.162 d: 15427.4
🇨🇱 Coyhaique -72.067,-45.567 d: 14847.4
🇨🇱 Port Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 14529.9
🇨🇱 Puerto Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 14529.9