Juuka

Juuka
Municipality
Juuan kunta

Juuka Church

Coat of arms

Location of Juuka in Finland
Coordinates: 63°14.5′N 029°15′E / 63.2417°N 29.250°E / 63.2417; 29.250Coordinates: 63°14.5′N 029°15′E / 63.2417°N 29.250°E / 63.2417; 29.250
Country  Finland
Region North Karelia
Sub-region Pielinen Karelia sub-region
Charter 1868
Government
 • Municipal manager Pekka Pietiäinen
Area (2016-01-01)[1]
 • Total 1,501.70 km2 (579.81 sq mi)
 • Land 1,501.79 km2 (579.84 sq mi)
 • Water 344.78 km2 (133.12 sq mi)
Area rank 43rd largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)[2]
 • Total 5,022
 • Rank 179th largest in Finland
 • Density 3.34/km2 (8.7/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 98.1% (official)
 • Swedish 0.1%
 • Others 1.8%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 13.8%
 • 15 to 64 61.6%
 • 65 or older 24.6%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 19.75%
Website www.juuka.fi

Juuka (Swedish: Juga) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 5,022 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 1,501.70 square kilometres (579.81 sq mi) of which 344.78 km2 (133.12 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 3.34 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.7/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Kuopio, Kaavi, Kontiolahti, Lieksa, Nurmes, Polvijärvi and Rautavaara.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Etymology

Literally juuka means that kind of lake where is a river that flows through a lake.[6]

Nature

River Vaikkojoki (more than 60 km) goes from Lake Vaikkojärvi to Lake Rikkavesi, which is in Kaavi.

People

Erkki Toivanen

References

  1. 1 2 "Population density by area 1.1.2016". Statistics Finland. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. ↑ Matti Puoskari: Puu-Juuan raitilta, ISBN 951-96823-5-X, page 8 finnish

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