Leppävirta
Leppävirta is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Savo region, south of Kuopio along the Finnish national road 5. The municipality has a population of
and covers an area of of
which
is water. The population density is
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Geography
Neighbour municipalities are Heinävesi, Joroinen, Kuopio, Pieksämäki, Suonenjoki, Tuusniemi and Varkaus.Villages
Notable people
- Jorma Hynninen, opera singer
- , translator
- Helena Kekkonen, peace activist
- Mikko Kuustonen, singer-songwriter
- Pentti Pekkarinen, politician
- Jully Ramsay, historian and genealogist
- Reino Soijärvi, ice hockey player
- , writer
- , writer, journalist and military aviator
- , artisan
- , sportsperson
- Gustaf Wrede, engineer, and business magnate