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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.0134,Lat: 62.9652
Elevation	40 meter above sea level
Local time	10:48:37am
Name province/region	Western and Inland Finland (Länsi- ja Sisä-Suomen aluehallintovirasto)
Name Maakunta	Etelä-Pohjanmaa#Södra Österbotten
Name Kunta	Lapua#Lappo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kangas	14.9 km	NorthWest
2 Kauhava	15.1 km	North
3 Halkosaari	17.3 km	SouthWest
4 Heikkilä	19.1 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Kylänpää	21.2 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	329 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Tallinn	Estonia	406 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	487 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Bothnia is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 49 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Kokemaen coastal: Kyron, Lapuan, Ahtavan, Perhon, part of the larger catchment area Kokemäenjoki-Archipelago Sea-Bothnian Sea. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Hirvijärvi (21.1 km² at a height of around 87 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Simpsiö with a height of 132 meter (at a distance of 3.3 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Finnish border with a straight distance of 308 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 431 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Etelä-Pohjanmaan viljelylakeuksien seutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Helsinki Vantaa Airport (at a distance of 314 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

35 km2

44.6%

Nature

4.2 km2

5.3%

Wet nature

0.9 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

25.7 km2

32.8%

Urban area

12.7 km2

16.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lapua in country Finland

Lapua at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago	Finland,Sweden	95 km	WestNorthWest
2 Petäjävesi Old Church	Finland	138 km	EastSouthEast
3 Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki	Finland	215 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Simpsi	FI	3.3 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Lapua
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lapua

Type of weather in Lapua	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.39 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	47 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	16 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	04:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:48 Europe/Amsterdam