title: Lapinjärvi (municipality)
text: # Lapinjärvi (municipality)
  
  Lapinjärvi (Finnish pronunciation:; Swedish: Lappträsk) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 2,497 (28 February 2023) and covers an area of 339.31 square kilometres (131.01 sq mi) of which 9.44 $km^2$ (3.64 sq mi) is water. The population density is 7.57 inhabitants per square kilometre (19.6/sq mi).
  
  Neighbouring municipalities are Iitti, Kouvola, Loviisa, Myrskylä and Orimattila.
  
  The municipality is bilingual, with majority being Finnish and minority Swedish speakers.
  
  Lapinjärvi lake is located near the administrative village center in Lapinjärvi.
  
  ## Politics
  
  Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Lapinjärvi:
  
  * Swedish People's Party 33.2%
  * Centre Party 16.8%
  * True Finns 16.2%
  * National Coalition Party 11.2%
  * Social Democratic Party 10.4%
  * Green League 4.3%
  * Left Alliance 3.9%
  * Christian Democrats 2.1%
  
  ## People born in Lapinjärvi
  
  * Gustaf Rosenqvist (1855–1931)
  * Vilhelm Rosenqvist (1856–1925)
  * Hilda Käkikoski (1864–1912)
  * Otto Slätis (1864–1940)
  * Johan Strömberg (1868–1952)
  * Gustaf Storgårds (1869–1945)
  * Mikko Innanen (1978 –)
  