Jeppo (village)
Jeppo (Finnish: Jepua) is a former municipality of Finland, now a village of Nykarleby. The population is about 1,100; 82% of whom are Swedish-speaking.
KWH Mirka has a factory there that produces coated and non-woven abrasives.
The village is twinned with the Emmaboda Municipality, Sweden.
History
The original settlement was known as Epu. In 1548 there were 189 inhabitants including 26 farmers. The church was opened in 1861. 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
- ^ "Jepua Map — Satellite Images of Jepua", Maplandia.com, accessed 23 February 2008
- ^ "Välkommen till Jeppo församlings hemsida!" Archived 2007-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, Jeppo församling, accessed 24 February 2008
- ^ "KWH Group Ltd", KWH Pipe, accessed 24 February 2008
- ^ "Jeppo Church" Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, Jeppo församling, accessed 23 February 2008
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