Leppävirta (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈlepːæˌʋirtɑ]) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the Northern Savonia region, 56 kilometres (35 mi) south of Kuopio along the Finnish national road 5.

The municipality has a population of 8,975 (31 December 2024)[2] and covers an area of 1,519.64 square kilometres (586.74 sq mi) of which 383.62 km2 (148.12 sq mi) is water.

[1] The population density is 7.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (20/sq mi).

Neighbour municipalities are Heinävesi, Joroinen, Kuopio, Pieksämäki, Suonenjoki, Tuusniemi and Varkaus.