North Savo, Finland · Europe
Lapinlahti sits on the route: 20 minutes from Varpaisjärvi.
Lapinlahti is a town located in North Savo, Finland. With a population of 8,856, it is an important destination in Europe.
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Lapinlahti (Finnish: [ˈlɑpinˌlɑhti]; Swedish: Lapinlahti, also Lapinlax) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Northern Savo region, located 59 kilometres (37 mi) north of the city of Kuopio. The municipality has a population of 8,803 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 1,245.16 square kilometresRead more
(480.76 sq mi) of which 148.58 km2 (57.37 sq mi) is water. The population density is 8.03 inhabitants per square kilometre (20.8/sq mi). 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.
There are a total of 229 lakes in the municipality of Lapinlahti, the largest of which include Lake Onkivesi.
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Lapinlahti is located in North Savo, Finland, Europe. The coordinates are 63.3667 latitude, 27.4000 longitude.
Lapinlahti has a population of approximately 8,856 people, making it a town in Finland.
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