Joutsa
| Joutsa | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Joutsan kunta | ||
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Joutsa Church | ||
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 Location of Joutsa in Finland | ||
| Coordinates: 61°44.5′N 026°07′E / 61.7417°N 26.117°ECoordinates: 61°44.5′N 026°07′E / 61.7417°N 26.117°E | ||
| Country | Finland | |
| Region | Central Finland | |
| Sub-region | Joutsa sub-region | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Harri Nissinen | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 1,066.42 km2 (411.75 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 867.17 km2 (334.82 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 199.25 km2 (76.93 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 105th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 4,677 | |
| • Rank | 189th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 5.39/km2 (14.0/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 98.9% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.2% | |
| • Others | 0.9% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 12.6% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 60.2% | |
| • 65 or older | 27.2% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% | |
| Website | www.joutsa.fi | |
Joutsa is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 4,677 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 1,066.42 square kilometres (411.75 sq mi) of which 199.25 km2 (76.93 sq mi) is water.[1][1] The population density is 5.39 inhabitants per square kilometre (14.0/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities: Hartola, Hirvensalmi, Jyväskylä, Kangasniemi, Luhanka, Pertunmaa and Toivakka. Municipality of Leivonmäki was consolidated with Joutsa on January 1, 2008.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Nature and Culture
There are all together 192 lakes in Joutsa. Biggest lakes are Puula, Suontee and Jääsjärvi.[6]
Leivonmäki National Park is located in Joutsa. At area is swamps, beaches and forest in esker.
Newspapers:
- Joutsan seutu is published in Joutsa and Luhanka.
- Itä-Häme
Sahticulture in Joutsa is known by Joutsan sahti.
Some villages
Havumäki, Kivisuo, Kälä, Laitjärvi, Lapinkylä, Leivonmäki, Marjotaipale, Pärnämäki, Ruokoranta, Ruorasmäki, Rutalahti, Savenaho, Selänpohja, Taka-Ikola, Tammilahti, Tolvasniemi, and Vehmaa
Gallery
Joutsa bus station in the late 1950s
Lake Suontee in Joutsa
Suontee
Forest at Leivonmäki
Forest at Leivonmäki
Soimalampi
Lake Suontee from Marjotaipaleentie
A village in Leivonmäki
Koskikara nature trail
Twinnings
Tähtvere Parish, Estonia[7]
Finspång, Sweden[8]
References
- 1 2 3 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ "Joutsa". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ↑ "Suomen kuntien ystävyyskunnat" (in Finnish). Embassy of Finland in Estonia. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- ↑ "Ystävyyskunnat" (PDF) (in Finnish). Pohjola-Norden. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
External links
Media related to Joutsa at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Joutsa – Official website, finnish
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