Joutsa
| Joutsa | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Joutsan kunta | ||
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| 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 (2013-08-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 4,909 | |
| • Rank | 189th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 5.66/km2 (14.7/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 4,909 (31 August 2013)[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] There are all together 192 lakes in Joutsa. Biggest lakes are Puula, Suontee and Jääsjärvi.[6]The population density is 5.66 inhabitants per square kilometre (14.7 /sq mi). Leivonmäki National Park is located in Joutsa.
Municipality of Leivonmäki was consolidated with Joutsa on January 1, 2008.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Twinnings
Tähtvere Parish, Estonia[7]
Finspång, Sweden[8]
Gallery
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Joutsa bus station in the late 1950s
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Lake Suontee in Joutsa
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Suontee
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Forest at Leivonmäki
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Forest at Leivonmäki
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Soimalampi
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Lake Suontee from Marjotaipaleentie
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A village in Leivonmäki
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Koskikara nature trail
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.8.2013" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ↑ "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" (in Finnish). Pohjola-Norden. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
External links
Media related to Joutsa at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Joutsa – Official website
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