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°ECoordinates: 62°06′N 026°05′E / 62.100°N 26.083°E
Country	Finland
Region	Central Finland
Sub-region	Jyväskylä sub-region
Charter	1910
Government
• Municipal manager	Erkki Pyökkimies
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
• Total	413.94 km^2 (159.82 sq mi)
• Land	361.50 km^2 (139.58 sq mi)
• Water	52.44 km^2 (20.25 sq mi)
Area rank	248th largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)[2]
• Total	2,414
• Rank	272nd largest in Finland
• Density	6.68/km^2 (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 413.94 square kilometres (159.82 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

• Kambja Parish, Estonia^[6]

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

External links

Media related to Toivakka at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Toivakka – Official website (Finnish)