Jeppo ( fi, Jepua) is a former municipality of

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

, now a

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Nykarleby Nykarleby (; fi, Uusikaarlepyy) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality is bilingual, with the majority speaking Swedish () and the minority Finnish (). The largest employers in the to ...

. The population is about 1,100; 82% of whom are Swedish-speaking. KWH Mirka has a factory there that produces coated and non-woven

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s."KWH Group Ltd"
KWH Pipe, accessed 24 February 2008 The village is twinned with the

Emmaboda Municipality Emmaboda Municipality (''Emmaboda kommun'') is a municipality in Kalmar County, in south-eastern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Emmaboda. The present municipality was formed in 1971, when the market town (''köping'') of Emmaboda (itself ...

, Sweden.

History

The original settlement was known as Epu. In 1548 there were 189 inhabitants including 26 farmers. The church was opened in 1861."Jeppo Church"
, Jeppo församling, accessed 23 February 2008 In 1970, 84.5% of inhabitants were Swedish-speaking and 15.4% Finnish-speaking, thus the former municipality was bilingual. That municipality merged into

in 1975.

References

Populated places disestablished in 1975 Former municipalities of Finland Villages in Finland Nykarleby {{WesternFinland-geo-stub