Leppävirta

Leppävirta (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈlepːæˌʋirtɑ]) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Savo region, 56 kilometres (35 mi) south of Kuopio along the Finnish national road 5. The municipality has a population of 8,924 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 1,519.64 square kilometres (586.74 sq mi) of which 383.62 km2 (148.12 sq mi) is water. The population density is 7.85 inhabitants per square kilometre (20.3/sq mi).

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
Rakel Kansanen[fi], translator
Helena Kekkonen, peace activist
Mikko Kuustonen, singer-songwriter
Pentti Pekkarinen, politician
Jully Ramsay, historian and genealogist
Reino Soijärvi, ice hockey player
Heikki Soisalo[fi], writer
Kalle Tähtelä[fi], writer, journalist and military aviator
Adolf Tillaeus[fi], artisan
Jukka Vesterinen[fi], sportsperson
Gustaf Wrede, engineer, and business magnate

International relations

Leppävirta is twinned with:

Notes

External links

Media related to Leppävirta at Wikimedia Commons

– Official website