Luhanka Luhango |
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Municipality | ||
Luhangan kunta | ||
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Location of Luhanka in Finland |
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Coordinates: 61°48′N 025°42′E / 61.800°N 25.700°ECoordinates: 61°48′N 025°42′E / 61.800°N 25.700°E | ||
Country | Finland | |
Region | Central Finland | |
Sub-region | Joutsa sub-region | |
Charter | 1864 | |
Government | ||
• Municipal manager | Reijo Urtti | |
Area (2016-01-01) | ||
• Total | 214.53 km2 (82.83 sq mi) | |
• Land | 214.52 km2 (82.83 sq mi) | |
• Water | 98.73 km2 (38.12 sq mi) | |
Area rank | 256th largest in Finland | |
Population (2016-03-31) | ||
• Total | 764 | |
• Rank | 305th largest in Finland | |
• Density | 3.56/km2 (9.2/sq mi) | |
Population by native language | ||
• Finnish | 99.6% (official) | |
• Swedish | 0.1% | |
• Others | 0.2% | |
Population by age | ||
• 0 to 14 | 10.3% | |
• 15 to 64 | 53.8% | |
• 65 or older | 36% | |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
Municipal tax rate | 19% | |
Website | www |
Luhanka 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 764 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 214.53 square kilometres (82.83 sq mi) of which 98.73 km2 (38.12 sq mi) is water.
The population density is 3.56 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.2/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality is also been known as "Luhango" in Swedish documents. Neighboring municipalities are Hartola, Joutsa, Jyväskylä, Jämsä, Kuhmoinen and Sysmä.
There are many summertime cottages in Luhanka.
There are all together 61 lakes in Luhanka. Biggest lakes in Luhanka are Päijänne, Tammijärvi-Hauha and Jutilanjärvi.
Lake Tammijärvi
Hopeasalmi, Lake Päijänne