title: Jeppo (village)
text: # Jeppo (village)
  
  Jeppo (Finnish: Jepua) is a former municipality of Finland, now a village of Nykarleby. The population is about 1,100; 82% of whom are Swedish-speaking.
  
  KWH Mirka has a factory there that produces coated and non-woven abrasives.
  
  The village is twinned with the Emmaboda Municipality, Sweden.
  
  ## History
  
  The original settlement was known as Epu. In 1548 there were 189 inhabitants including 26 farmers. The church was opened in 1861. In 1970, 84.5% of inhabitants were Swedish-speaking and 15.4% Finnish-speaking, thus the former municipality was bilingual. That municipality merged into Nykarleby in 1975.
  
  