Leppävesi

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Leppävesi

Air quality index

25Good

Elevation81 m

Land area63.59 km²

Coordinates62.33°, 25.85°

Demographic figures from Statistics Finland. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Leppävesi is the 65th (63.59 km2) largest lake of Finland in municipalities Jyväskylä, Laukaa and Toivakka in Central Finland. It is quite a narrow but long lake in the south-north direction with a surface area of 63.59 km². It flows to Päijänne via Vaajavirta. It is part of Keitele Canal, a waterway connecting Lake Keitele and Päijänne. National road 9 and Pieksämäki–Jyväskylä railway cross the lake.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Tommi Mäkinen

Finnish rally driver

Tommi Nikkilä

Finnish ice hockey player

M

Marko Palo

Finnish ice hockey player

Onni Peltonen

Finnish politician (1894–1969)

Jyri Marttinen

Finnish ice hockey player

K

Kimmo Pallonen

Finnish pole vaulter

Miika Huczkowski

Finnish ice hockey player

P

Pekka Jormakka

Finnish professional ice hockey player

Eero Nuolimaa

Finnish major general

Hemmo Kallio

Finnish actor and playwright

J

Jaakko Saari

Finnish judoka

Juhani Karhumäki

Finnish mathematician and theoretical computer scientist

K

Kaarlo Jormakka

Finnish ice hockey player

T

Tuomo Jormakka

Finnish ice hockey player

Urho Ketvel

writer

R

Raimo Hirvi

Finnish pesäpallo player (1952-2016)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Central Finland

• Tići
  1245.3 mi away · pop. 48
• Hlevci
  1247.6 mi away · pop. 17
• Homer
  1252.7 mi away · pop. 272
• Studena
  1253.1 mi away · pop. 382
• Zarnevo
  1293.2 mi away · pop. 1,300
• Azinhal
  2231.5 mi away · pop. 271
• Vaqueiros
  2232.5 mi away · pop. 58
• Cabanas de Tavira
  2244.2 mi away
• Santo Estêvão
  2247.7 mi away
• Querença
  2250.5 mi away · pop. 35
• Moncarapacho
  2252.2 mi away · pop. 1,192
• Quelfes
  2254.7 mi away

Browse all places in Central Finland →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Brown Carpet Beetle

Attagenus smirnovi

Seen 2026-09-26

Juniper Carpet

Thera juniperata

Seen 2026-09-26

Sneezewort

Achillea ptarmica

Seen 2026-09-25

Wooden Soldiers Lichen

Cladonia botrytes

Seen 2026-09-25

mouse-eared hawkweed

Pilosella officinarum

Seen 2026-09-25

great stinging nettle

Urtica dioica

Seen 2026-09-25

Spreading Bellflower

Campanula patula

Seen 2026-09-25

Marsh Thistle

Cirsium palustre

Seen 2026-09-25

Vilbasteana oculata

Vilbasteana oculata

Seen 2026-09-24

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).