Jeppo (village)

Location in Finland
Coat of arms

Jeppo (Finnish: Jepua) is a former municipality of Finland, now a village of Nykarleby.[1] The population is about 1,100; 82% of whom are Swedish-speaking.[2]

KWH Mirka has a factory here that produces coated and non-woven abrasives.[3]

The village is twinned with the Emmaboda Municipality, Sweden.

History

The original settlement was known as Epu.[4] In 1548 there were 189 inhabitants including 26 farmers. The church was opened in 1861.[4] In 1970, 84.5% of inhabitants were Swedish-speaking and 15.4% Finnish-speaking, thus the former municipality was bilingual. That municipality merged into Nykarleby in 1975.

References

  1. "Jepua Map — Satellite Images of Jepua", Maplandia.com, accessed 23 February 2008
  2. "Välkommen till Jeppo församlings hemsida!", Jeppo församling, accessed 24 February 2008
  3. "KWH Group Ltd", KWH Pipe, accessed 24 February 2008
  4. 1 2 "Jeppo Church", Jeppo församling, accessed 23 February 2008

Coordinates: 63°24′N 22°37′E / 63.400°N 22.617°E / 63.400; 22.617

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