Varpaisjärvi

Varpaisjärvi [ vɑrpɑi̯sjærvi ] is a former municipality in the Finnish countryside Savo. Since 2011 she is part of the municipality Lapinlahti.

Varpaisjärvi located 21 kilometers east of the main town Lapinlahti, 46 kilometers southwest of Iisalmi and 59 kilometers north of Kuopio in eastern Finland landscape of Northern Savo. Neighboring communities of Varpaisjärvi were Sonkajärvi in the north, the east Rautavaara, Kuusamo in the southeast, south and Lapinlahti Siilinjärvi in the west. The municipality covered an area of 533.2 square kilometers (of which 50.2 square miles inland waters) and last 2,908 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2009). The community was monolingual Finnish speakers. The only settlement center ( taajama ) of Varpaisjärvi is the same Kirchdorf in which 1,225 people ( as of 31 December 2011).

Varpaisjärvi is rural, main industries are agriculture and forest industries. Due to the proximity of the Tahko - skiing center in Kuusamo tourism also played a certain role. In the numerous forests of the former municipality is dominated by spruce.

Varpaisjärvi broke up in 1899 as an independent municipality of Kuusamo. The beginning of 2011 Varpaisjärvi was incorporated into Lapinlahti. The main attraction of Varpaisjärvi is planned by Josef Stenbäck national romantic stone church from 1904.

The description of the coat of arms of Varpaisjärvi is: The coat of arms is split and divided by the average fir. The colors are mixed up in gevierten Front blade and rear black gold.