Lappajärvi is a municipality in Finland in Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 3,098 and covers an area of 522.98 square kilometres of which 102.89 km2 is water. The population density is 7.36 inhabitants per square kilometre . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Lake Lappajärvi, which gives the name to the municipality, is a meteor crater, one of the few meteor crater lakes found in Finland. Singer and performer, Timo Kotipelto from the worldwide known Finnish power metal band Stratovarius was born and raised in Lappajärvi.
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