Toivakka
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| Toivakka | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Toivakan kunta | ||
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| Coordinates: 62°06′N 026°05′E / 62.100°N 26.083°ECoordinates: 62°06′N 026°05′E / 62.100°N 26.083°E | ||
| Country | Finland | |
| Region | Central Finland | |
| Sub-region | Jyväskylä sub-region | |
| Charter | 1910 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Erkki Pyökkimies | |
| Area(2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 413.94 km2 (159.82 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 361.50 km2 (139.58 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 52.44 km2 (20.25 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 248th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2014-01-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 2,465 | |
| • Rank | 272nd largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 6.82/km2 (17.7/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 99.5% (official) | |
| • Others | 0.5% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 16.3% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 63% | |
| • 65 or older | 20.7% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20.5% | |
| Website | www.toivakka.fi | |
Toivakka is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland, near Jyväskylä and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 2,465 (31 January 2014)[2] and covers an area of 413.94 square kilometres (159.82 sq mi) of which 52.44 km2 (20.25 sq mi) is water.[1] There are altogether 82 lakes in Toivakka. The biggest lakes are Päijänne, Maunonen and Palosenjärvi.[6]The population density is 6.82 inhabitants per square kilometre (17.7 /sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Twinnings
Kambja Parish, Estonia[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "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 31.1.2014" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Toivakka". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ↑ "Sõprussuhted" (in Estonian). Kambja vald. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
External links
Media related to Toivakka at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Toivakka – Official website (Finnish)
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