Joutsa

Joutsa
Municipality
Joutsan kunta
Joutsa Church
Coat of arms
Location of Joutsa in Finland
Coordinates: 61°44.5′N 026°07′E / 61.7417°N 26.117°ECoordinates: 61°44.5′N 026°07′E / 61.7417°N 26.117°E
Country	Finland
Region	Central Finland
Sub-region	Joutsa sub-region
Government
• Municipal manager	Harri Nissinen
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
• Total	1,066.42 km^2 (411.75 sq mi)
• Land	867.17 km^2 (334.82 sq mi)
• Water	199.25 km^2 (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/km^2 (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

• 
  Joutsa bus station in the late 1950s
• 
  Lake Suontee in Joutsa
• 
  Suontee
• 
  Forest at Leivonmäki
• 
  Forest at Leivonmäki
• 
  Soimalampi
• 
  Lake Suontee from Marjotaipaleentie
• 
  A village in Leivonmäki
• 
  Koskikara nature trail

Twinnings

• Tähtvere Parish, Estonia^[7]
• Finspång, Sweden^[8]

References

1. "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
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. "Joutsa". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
7. "Suomen kuntien ystävyyskunnat" (in Finnish). Embassy of Finland in Estonia. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
8. "Ystävyyskunnat" (PDF) (in Finnish). Pohjola-Norden. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

External links

Media related to Joutsa at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Joutsa – Official website, finnish