Lapinlahti (Finnish: [ˈlɑpinˌlɑhti]; Swedish: Lapinlahti, also Lapinlax) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Northern Savonia region, located 59 kilometres (37 mi) north of the city of Kuopio. The municipality has a population of 8,972 (31 December 2023)^[2] and covers an area of 1,245.16 square kilometres (480.76 sq mi) of which 148.58 km² (57.37 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 8.18 inhabitants per square kilometre (21.2/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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Lapinlahti
Municipality
Lapinlahden kunta Lapinlahti kommun
Lapinlahti railway station
Coat of arms
Location of Lapinlahti in Finland
Coordinates: 63°22′N 027°23′E
Country	Finland
Region	Northern Savonia
Sub-region	Upper Savonia
Charter	1874
Government
• Municipal manager	Heikki Airaksinen
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	1,245.16 km2 (480.76 sq mi)
• Land	1,096.71 km2 (423.44 sq mi)
• Water	148.58 km2 (57.37 sq mi)
• Rank	70th largest in Finland
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	8,972
• Rank	110th largest in Finland
• Density	8.18/km2 (21.2/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	97.5% (official)
• Swedish	0.1%
• Others	2.4%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	14.8%
• 15 to 64	56.7%
• 65 or older	28.5%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.lapinlahti.fi

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The neighboring municipalities of Lapinlahti are Iisalmi, Kuopio, Rautavaara, Siilinjärvi and Sonkajärvi. The neighboring municipality of Varpaisjärvi was consolidated with Lapinlahti on January 1, 2011.^[5]

There are a total of 229 lakes in the municipality of Lapinlahti, the largest of which include Lake Onkivesi.^[6]