Luhanka
Luhanka | |
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Municipality | |
| Luhangan kunta Luhanka kommun | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Luhanka in Finland | |
| 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 (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 313.25 km2 (120.95 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 (2021-03-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 695 |
| • Rank | 301st largest in Finland |
| • Density | 3.24/km2 (8.4/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 99.6% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.1% |
| • Others | 0.2% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 8.4% |
| • 15 to 64 | 49.9% |
| • 65 or older | 41.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 18.5% |
| Website | www |
Luhanka (Swedish: Luhanka, also Luhango) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 695 (31 March 2021)[2] and covers an area of 313.25 square kilometres (120.95 sq mi) of which 98.73 km2 (38.12 sq mi) is water.[1] In relation to its population Luhanka is not just the smallest municipality in the region but also smallest in the whole Mainland Finland.
The population density is 3.24 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.4/sq mi). There are also many summertime cottages in Luhanka.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality is also been known as "Luhango" in Swedish documents.[6] Neighboring municipalities are Hartola, Joutsa, Jyväskylä, Jämsä, Kuhmoinen and Sysmä.
Mimicking the badger in the coat of arms of Luhanka, the permanent residents include the official animal mascot of the municipality, Sisu the Badger (Sisu-mäyrä).[7]
Nature[]
There are all together 61 lakes in Luhanka. Biggest lakes in Luhanka are Päijänne, and .[8]
Famous people[]
- Politician Hertta Kuusinen was born in Luhanka in 1904
- Writer Kreetta Onkeli has spent childhood in Luhanka
- Composer lived in Luhanka
Gallery[]
Lake Tammijärvi
Hopeasalmi, Lake Päijänne
References[]
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M03*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003-2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland" (in Swedish). Research Institute for the Languages of Finland. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
- ^ Mäyrä-maskotti sai nimen (in Finnish)
- ^ "Luhanka". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
External links[]
Media related to Luhanka at Wikimedia Commons- Municipality of Luhanka – Official homepage (in Finnish)
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