Jeppo (village)

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]

Location in Finland
Coat of arms

KWH Mirka has a factory there 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!" Archived 2007-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, Jeppo församling, accessed 24 February 2008
  3. "KWH Group Ltd", KWH Pipe, accessed 24 February 2008
  4. "Jeppo Church" Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, Jeppo församling, accessed 23 February 2008


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