Luhanka
Luhanka Luhango | ||
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Municipality | ||
Luhangan kunta | ||
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Location of Luhanka in Finland | ||
Coordinates: 61°48′N 025°42′E / 61.800°N 25.700°ECoordinates: 61°48′N 025°42′E / 61.800°N 25.700°E | ||
Country | Finland | |
Region | Central Finland | |
Sub-region | Joutsa sub-region | |
Charter | 1864 | |
Government | ||
• Municipal manager | Reijo Urtti | |
Area (2016-01-01)[1] | ||
• Total | 214.53 km2 (82.83 sq mi) | |
• Land | 214.52 km2 (82.83 sq mi) | |
• Water | 98.73 km2 (38.12 sq mi) | |
Area rank | 256th largest in Finland | |
Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
• Total | 764 | |
• Rank | 305th largest in Finland | |
• Density | 3.56/km2 (9.2/sq mi) | |
Population by native language[3] | ||
• Finnish | 99.6% (official) | |
• Swedish | 0.1% | |
• Others | 0.2% | |
Population by age[4] | ||
• 0 to 14 | 10.3% | |
• 15 to 64 | 53.8% | |
• 65 or older | 36% | |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
Municipal tax rate[5] | 19% | |
Website |
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Luhanka 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 764 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 214.53 square kilometres (82.83 sq mi) of which 98.73 km2 (38.12 sq mi) is water.[1]
The population density is 3.56 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.2/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality is also been known as "Luhango" in Swedish documents.[6] Neighboring municipalities are Hartola, Joutsa, Jyväskylä, Jämsä, Kuhmoinen and Sysmä.
There are many summertime cottages in Luhanka.
Nature
There are all together 61 lakes in Luhanka. Biggest lakes in Luhanka are Päijänne, Tammijärvi-Hauha and Jutilanjärvi.[7]
Famous people
- Politician Hertta Kuusinen was born in Luhanka in 1904
- Writer Kreetta Onkeli has spent childhood in Luhanka
- Composer Toni Edelmann lives in Luhanka
Gallery
- Lake Tammijärvi
- Hopeasalmi, Lake Päijänne
References
- 1 2 "Population density by area 1.1.2016". Statistics Finland. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- 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.
- ↑ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland" (in Swedish). Research Institute for the Languages of Finland. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
- ↑ "Luhanka". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
External links
- Media related to Luhanka at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Luhanka – Official homepage (in Finnish)
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