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 (2016-01-01)

• Total

867.11 km² (334.79 sq mi)

• Land

867.17 km² (334.82 sq mi)

• Water

199.25 km² (76.93 sq mi)

Area rank

89th largest in Finland

Population (2016-03-31)

• Total

4,677

• Rank

188th largest in Finland

• Density

5.39/km² (14.0/sq mi)

Population by native language

• Finnish

98.9% (official)

• Swedish

0.2%

• Others

0.9%

Population by age

• 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

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) and covers an area of 867.11 square kilometres (334.79 sq mi) of which 199.25 km² (76.93 sq mi) is water. 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.

There are all together 192 lakes in Joutsa. Biggest lakes are Puula, Suontee and Jääsjärvi.

Leivonmäki National Park is located in Joutsa. At area is swamps, beaches and forest in esker.

Newspapers:

Sahticulture in Joutsa is known by Joutsan sahti.

Havumäki, Kivisuo, Kälä, Laitjärvi, Lapinkylä, Leivonmäki, Marjotaipale, Pärnämäki, Ruokoranta, Ruorasmäki, Rutalahti, Savenaho, Selänpohja, Taka-Ikola, Tammilahti, Tolvasniemi, and Vehmaa

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