Lapinjärvi

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{{short description|Municipality in Uusimaa, Finland}}

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{{For|the village|Lapinjärvi (village)}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Lapinjärvi

| official_name = {{lang|fi|Lapinjärven kunta}}
{{lang|sv|Lappträsks kommun}}

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| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Lapinjärvi, west.jpg

| image_caption = Lake Lapinjärvi

| image_shield = Lapinjärvi.vaakuna.svg

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| image_map = Lapinjärvi_sijainti_Suomi.svg

| map_caption = Location of Lapinjärvi in Finland

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Uusimaa

| subdivision_type2 = Sub-region

| subdivision_name2 = Loviisa

| seat = Lapinjärvi (Kirkonkylä)

| leader_title = Municipal manager

| leader_name = Christian Sjöstrand

| established_title = Charter

| established_date = 1575

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Lapinjärvi ({{IPA|fi|ˈlapinˌjærʋi}}; {{langx|sv|Lappträsk}}) is a municipality in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Lapinjärvi is situated in the eastern part of the Uusimaa region. The population of Lapinjärvi is approximately {{formatnum:{{#expr:{{Data Finland municipality/population count|{{PAGENAME}}}}round -3}}}}, while the sub-region has a population of approximately {{formatnum: {{#expr: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Lapinjärvi}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Loviisa}}round -3}}}}. It is the {{ordinal|{{Data Finland municipality/population count sequence|{{PAGENAME}}}}}} most populous municipality in Finland.

Lapinjärvi covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Lapinjärvi}}|km2}} of

which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Lapinjärvi}}|km2|abbr=on}}

is water. The population density is

{{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Lapinjärvi|round=2}}|PD/km2}}.

Neighbouring municipalities are Iitti, Kouvola, Loviisa, Myrskylä and Orimattila.

Lapinjärvi is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of {{Formatnum: {{pct|{{Data Finland municipality/native language Finnish|Lapinjärvi}}|{{Data Finland municipality/native language total|Lapinjärvi}}|0}}}} Finnish speakers, {{Formatnum: {{pct|{{Data Finland municipality/native language Swedish|Lapinjärvi}}|{{Data Finland municipality/native language total|Lapinjärvi}}|0}}}} Swedish speakers, and {{Formatnum: {{pct|{{Data Finland municipality/native language other|Lapinjärvi}}|{{Data Finland municipality/native language total|Lapinjärvi}}|0}}}} speakers of other languages.

Lapinjärvi lake is located near the administrative village center in Lapinjärvi.

Politics

People born in Lapinjärvi

See also

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