Lapinjärven kirkonkylä (, ) is the largest

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and

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of the Lapinjärvi municipality, located on the eastern shore of Lake Lapinjärvi in

Uusimaa Uusimaa (; , ; both lit. 'new land') is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme), and Kymenlaakso. Finland's capital and largest city, Helsinki, alo ...

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. The distance from the village to the southern town of

Loviisa Loviisa (; ; formerly Degerby) is a town in Finland, located on the southern coast of the country. Loviisa is situated in the eastern part of the Uusimaa region. The population of Loviisa is approximately , while the Loviisa sub-region, sub-regi ...

is . The main road connection from the church village to

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

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(Vt 6), along which the village is located. The Lapinjärvi village houses most of Lapinjärvi's offices and

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, and Finnish and Swedish-language

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s also operate there. Sights in the church village include Lieutenant's residence of Brofogdas from the 18th century and the

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of Kycklings. There are two churches and two

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located in the church village area.Lapinjärven pikku kirkko
- Agricolan seurakunta (in Finnish)

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Lapinjärven kirkonkylä
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Museovirasto The Finnish Heritage Agency (, ), previously known in English as the National Board of Antiquities, preserves Finland's material cultural heritage: collects, studies and distributes knowledge of it. The agency is a cultural and research institutio ...

(in Finnish)
Lapinjärvi
- Husulanmäki.fi Villages in Uusimaa Lapinjärvi {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub

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