- Population
- 14,208
- 14.2K
- Elevation
- 66 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+02:00
- Europe/Helsinki · UTC+02:00
- Places inside
- 2
- listed under Lapua
- Airports
- VAA Vaasa Airport73 km
- KOK Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport90 km
About Lapua
Lapua is a municipality. Location: Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia. Population: 14,208. Elevation: 66 m.
Lapua (Finnish: [ˈlɑpuɑ]; Swedish: Lappo) is a town and municipality in Finland's South Ostrobothnia region. It is located next to the Lapua River. The town has a population of 13,927 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 751.82 square kilometres (290.28 sq mi) of which 13.67 km2 (5.28 sq mi) is water. The population density is 18.89 inhabitants per square kilometre (48.9/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Travel notes for Lapua
From Wikivoyage
Lapua is a city in Southern Ostrobothnia in Finland.
Understand+
26 kilometres away from Seinäjoki, Lapua is located in the heart of South Ostrobothnia. This city with 14,500 inhabitants is a peaceful place – although the region had many of the violent puukkojunkkari in the 19th century and played a role in the Civil War, and Lapua itself was where the infamous Lapua Movement of 1929–1932 was born – with its landscape dominated by rivers, forests, wide fields and the Simpsiö hill, one of the best ski centres in Western Finland.
The city provides excellent opportunities for both sport and cultural interests, and plenty of different events are arranged in the city throughout the year.
Get in+
Lapua is easy to reach driving north-east from Seinäjoki on the Main road 19, Main road 16 connects Lapua east-west and Main road 66 connects south to Alavus, Virrat, Ruovesi and Orivesi. Lapua has a railway station and trains between Helsinki and Oulu stop there. There are a few buses per day from Seinäjoki, mostly operated by Härmän Liikenne.
1 Lapua railway station (Lapuan rautatieasema), Asemakatu 7. (updated Nov 2026)
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Places bordering Lapua
- Alajärvi
- Kauhava
- Kuortane
- Lappajärvi
- Seinäjoki
Twin towns and sister cities of Lapua
- Kiskőrös· Hungary
- Hohenlockstedt· Germany
- Town of Lantana· United States
- Rakvere· Estonia
Source: Wikidata. Only places with a page on this site are shown.
Population of Lapua over time
| 2007 | 14,178 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 14,234 | |
| 2009 | 14,326 | |
| 2010 | 14,428 | |
| 2011 | 14,530 | |
| 2012 | 14,650 | |
| 2013 | 14,692 | |
| 2014 | 14,733 | |
| 2015 | 14,609 | |
| 2016 | 14,575 | |
| 2017 | 14,494 | |
| 2023 | 14,024 |
Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.
Climate of Lapua
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 1° · Night -5° · Rain 44 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 21°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -13°)
- Wettest month
- July (78 mm)
- Driest month
- February (20 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | -4° | -4° | 1° | 7° | 15° | 20° | 21° | 19° | 13° | 7° | 1° | -2° |
| Average low (°C) | -11° | -13° | -8° | -3° | 3° | 8° | 10° | 8° | 4° | 0° | -5° | -9° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 30 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 33 | 56 | 78 | 67 | 55 | 49 | 44 | 34 |
How to get to Lapua
The nearest airport is Vaasa Airport (VAA), 73 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Umeå, 177 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Vaasa Airport (VAA) Vaasa 73 kmwest
- Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport (KOK) Kokkola / Kruunupyy 90 kmnorth
- Jyväskylä Airport (JYV) Jyväskylän Maalaiskunta 141 kmsoutheast
Nearby large cities
- Umeå Population: 130.2K 177 kmnorthwest
- Tallinn Population: 394K 397 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Lapua
Within 100 km: 4 natural sites, 25 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km2 places
- Kuortaneenjärvi Lake 19 kmSE
- Hirvijärvi Lake 12 kmS
25–60 km4 places
- Lake Ähtärinjärvi Lake 51 kmSE
- Kuorasjärvi Lake 25 kmS
- Lake Lappajärvi Lake 34 kmNE
- Lake Evijärvi Lake 58 kmN
60–100 km23 places
- Replot Island 97 kmNW
- Karankajärvi Lake 88 kmE
- Granskär Island 89 kmW
- Häädetkeidas Strict Nature Reserve Natural site 99 kmS
Straight-line distances.
Places in Lapua
2 placesBar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.
Lakes, rivers & coasts1
- Hirvijärvi · Lake
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources