Lappajärvi

Lappajärvi is a municipality in Finland in Southern Ostrobothnia region. It is 78 km from Lappajärvi to Seinäjoki, 80 km to Kokkola and 117 km to Vaasa. The municipality has a population of 0 and covers an area of undefined km2 of which undefined km2 is water. The population density is undefined PD/km2.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Lake Lappajärvi, which gives the name to the municipality, is a meteor crater, one of the few meteor crater lakes found in Finland.

Singer and performer, Timo Kotipelto from the worldwide known Finnish power metal band Stratovarius was born and raised in Lappajärvi.

Notable people born in Lappajärvi

 * Johannes Bäck (1872–1952)
 * Aleksi Hakala (1886–1959)
 * Veikko Savela (1919–2015)
 * Jarmo Övermark (1955–)
 * Arto Melleri (1956–2005)
 * Seppo Särkiniemi (1957–)
 * Jussi Lampi (1961–)
 * Timo Kotipelto (1969–)
 * Petra Olli (1994–)