Toivakka
| Toivakka | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Toivakan kunta | ||
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Toivakka Church | ||
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 Location of Toivakka in Finland | ||
| 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 (2015-06-30)[2] | ||
| • Total | 2,446 | |
| • Rank | 272nd largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 6.77/km2 (17.5/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 2,446 (30 June 2015)[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] The population density is 6.77 inhabitants per square kilometre (17.5/sq mi). Neighbour municipalities are Hankasalmi, Joutsa, Jyväskylä, Kangasniemi, Laukaa and Muurame.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Nature
There are altogether 82 lakes in Toivakka. The biggest lakes are Päijänne, Maunonen and Palosenjärvi.
Twinnings
Kambja Parish, Estonia[6]
References
- 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- 1 2 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.06.2015" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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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