Sysmä
Sysmä | |
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Municipality | |
| Sysmän kunta Sysmä kommun | |
 Sunset at Lake Päijänne and Päijätsalo natural park | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Sysmä in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 61°30′N 025°41′E / 61.500°N 25.683°ECoordinates: 61°30′N 025°41′E / 61.500°N 25.683°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Päijänne Tavastia |
| Sub-region | Heinola sub-region |
| Founded | 1442 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Marketta Kitkiöjoki |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 936.18 km2 (361.46 sq mi) |
| • Land | 667.04 km2 (257.55 sq mi) |
| • Water | 269.14 km2 (103.92 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 128th largest in Finland |
| Population (2021-03-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 3,610 |
| • Rank | 204th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 5.41/km2 (14.0/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 98.4% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 1.4% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 8.3% |
| • 15 to 64 | 48.4% |
| • 65 or older | 43.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19% |
| Website | www.sysma.fi |
Sysmä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsysmæ]) is a municipality of Finland. It is situated in the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality has a population of 3,610 (31 March 2021)[2] and covers an area of 936.18 square kilometres (361.46 sq mi) of which 269.14 km2 (103.92 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 5.41 inhabitants per square kilometre (14.0/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Asikkala, Hartola, Heinola, Kuhmoinen, Luhanka, and Padasjoki. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Itä-Häme newspaper is established in Sysmä.
Sysmä is also a lake in Joroinen and another lake in Ilomantsi.
Population[]
Sysmä has suffered chronic, steady population decline over the last 50 years. It has many alternative homes, used principally as holiday homes.
Happenings and sights[]
Many summer happenings are held in Sysmä during which the population could even triple seasonally.
- One of the most popular events is called Sysmän suvisoitto.[6]
- Kammiovuori mountain where is 7 meters high glacial erratic Sysmän Linta
- Another glacial erratic in Sysmä is Onkiniemen liikkuva kivi.
Famous people[]
- , actor
- Pekka Streng, musician
- Olavi Virta, singer
- Lauri Rapala, founder of Rapala
- Onni Schildt
Some villages[]
Joutsjärvi, Karilanmaa, Kinnarila, Koivisto, Liikola, Nikkaroinen, Nuoramoinen, Onkiniemi, Rapala, Ravioskorpi, Taipale, Unaja, Valittula, and Vintturi.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ http://www.suvisoitto.fi/ Sysmän Suvisoitto
External links[]
Media related to Sysmä at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Sysmä – Official website, finnish, english, and russian
- Sysmä’s Prehistory
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