Leppävirta

Leppävirta is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia region, 56 km south of Kuopio along the Finnish national road 5. 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.

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, translator
 * Helena Kekkonen, peace activist
 * Mikko Kuustonen, singer-songwriter
 * Pentti Pekkarinen, politician
 * Jully Ramsay, historian and genealogist
 * Reino Soijärvi, ice hockey player
 * Heikki Soisalo, writer
 * Kalle Tähtelä, writer, journalist and military aviator
 * Adolf Tillaeus, artisan
 * Jukka Vesterinen, sportsperson

International relations
Leppävirta is twinned with:


 * 🇸🇪 Storfors in Sweden
 * 🇳🇴 Dovre in Norway
 * 🇩🇪 Schwerte in Germany
 * 🇪🇪 Orissaare in Estonia