Toivakka

Toivakka
Municipality
Toivakan kunta

Toivakka Church

Coat of arms

Location of Toivakka in Finland
Coordinates: 62°06′N 026°05′E / 62.100°N 26.083°E / 62.100; 26.083Coordinates: 62°06′N 026°05′E / 62.100°N 26.083°E / 62.100; 26.083
Country  Finland
Region Central Finland
Sub-region Jyväskylä sub-region
Charter 1910
Government
 • Municipal manager Erkki Pyökkimies
Area (2016-01-01)[1]
 • Total 361.45 km2 (139.56 sq mi)
 • Land 361.50 km2 (139.58 sq mi)
 • Water 52.44 km2 (20.25 sq mi)
Area rank 212th largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)[2]
 • Total 2,414
 • Rank 247th largest in Finland
 • Density 6.68/km2 (17.3/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 2,414 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 361.45 square kilometres (139.56 sq mi) of which 52.44 km2 (20.25 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 6.68 inhabitants per square kilometre (17.3/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

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. ↑ "Sõprussuhted" (in Estonian). Kambja vald. Retrieved 2 May 2012.

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