Lapua
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 Finland
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| Landscape : | South Ostrobothnia |
| Administrative community : | Seinäjoki |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 57 ′ N , 23 ° 0 ′ E |
| Surface: | 750.81 km² |
| of which land area: | 737.06 km² |
| of which inland waterways: | 13.75 km² |
| Residents : | 14,427 (Dec. 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 19.6 inhabitants / km² |
| Municipality number : | 408 |
| Postcodes : | 62100 |
| Language (s) : | Finnish |
| Website : | lapua.fi |
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Lapua [ lɑpuɑ ] ( Swedish Lappo ) is a city in the landscape Southern Ostrobothnia in western Finland with 14,427 inhabitants (December 31, 2018) and an area of 750.81 square kilometers, of which 13.75 square kilometers of inland water area .
geography
Lapua is located at the confluence of the Lapuanjoki and Nurmonjoki rivers .
history
The Lapua movement came into being here in 1929 when the population of the small town took action against socialists after a communist youth organization marched through the city in late November.
economy
The state ammunition factory was founded in Lapua in 1927 and since 1998 it has belonged to the Scandinavian joint venture Nammo as Nammo Lapua Oy . Sports, hunting and military ammunition with the brand name Lapua contributed and continues to make the Finnish city famous around the world. The factory was relocated out of town after a serious explosion in 1976 that left 40 people dead. In 1992 Lapua took over the East German ammunition factory SK Schönebeck. Lapua is a leading manufacturer of biathlon sports ammunition, used by most of the top biathletes.
Attractions
The cathedral , built in 1827 by Heikki Kuorikoski , an employee of Carl Ludwig Engels , houses the largest organ in Finland.
Twin cities
Lapua maintains city partnerships with Hohenlockstedt in Germany , Hagfors in Sweden , Lantana in the USA and Rakvere in Estonia .
sons and daughters of the town
- Arvi Pikkusaari (1909-1989), wrestler
- Aleksanteri Keisala (1916-1983), wrestler
- Anneli Jäätteenmäki (* 1955), former Prime Minister of Finland
- Jutta Urpilainen (* 1975), politician (Social Democratic Party)
- Kristiina Mäki (* 1991), Czech athlete of Finnish origin
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish Land Surveyors): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 . (PDF; 199 kB)
- ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
- ↑ weltbericht.de: The History of Finland , accessed on November 30, 2010
- ↑ Christoph Richter: Lapua company in Saxony-Anhalt - popular ammunition from Schönebeck. www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, February 11, 2018, accessed on September 1, 2019 .
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from December 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
