Joutsa
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| Joutsan kunta | ||
| Joutsa Church
Joutsa Church
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| Location of Joutsa in Finland Location of Joutsa in Finland |
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| Country |  Finland |
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| Region | Central Finland | |
| Sub-region | Joutsa sub-region | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Harri Nissinen | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 1,066.42 km2 (411.75 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 867.17 km2 (334.82 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 199.25 km2 (76.93 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 105th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 4,677 | |
| • Rank | 189th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 5.39/km2 (14.0/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 98.9% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.2% | |
| • Others | 0.9% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 12.6% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 60.2% | |
| • 65 or older | 27.2% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% | |
| Website | www.joutsa.fi | |
Joutsa 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 4,677 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 1,066.42 square kilometres (411.75 sq mi) of which 199.25 km2 (76.93 sq mi) is water.[1][1] The population density is 5.39 inhabitants per square kilometre (14.0/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities: Hartola, Hirvensalmi, Jyväskylä, Kangasniemi, Luhanka, Pertunmaa and Toivakka. Municipality of Leivonmäki was consolidated with Joutsa on January 1, 2008.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Nature and Culture
There are all together 192 lakes in Joutsa. Biggest lakes are Puula, Suontee and Jääsjärvi.[6]
Leivonmäki National Park is located in Joutsa. At area is swamps, beaches and forest in esker.
Newspapers:
- Joutsan seutu is published in Joutsa and Luhanka.
- Itä-Häme
Sahticulture in Joutsa is known by Joutsan sahti.
Some villages
Havumäki, Kivisuo, Kälä, Laitjärvi, Lapinkylä, Leivonmäki, Marjotaipale, Pärnämäki, Ruokoranta, Ruorasmäki, Rutalahti, Savenaho, Selänpohja, Taka-Ikola, Tammilahti, Tolvasniemi, and Vehmaa
Gallery
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Joutsa bus station 1950s.jpg
Joutsa bus station in the late 1950s
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Lake Suontee in Joutsa
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Suontee from Marjotaipaleentie 2.jpg
Suontee
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Forest at Leivonmäki
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Leivonmäki National Park I.jpg
Forest at Leivonmäki
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Soimalampi at Leivonmäki NP.JPG
Soimalampi
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Suontee from Marjotaipaleentie.jpg
Lake Suontee from Marjotaipaleentie
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Leivonmäki.jpg
A village in Leivonmäki
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Koskikara nature trail.jpg
Koskikara nature trail
Twinnings
Tähtvere Parish, Estonia[7]
Finspång, Sweden[8]
References
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Joutsa – Official website
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