Sysmä
Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality
Sysmä is a municipality of Finland. It is situated in the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality has a population of Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.)[1] and covers an area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] is water.[2] The population density is [convert: invalid number]. 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.
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.[3]
- Kammiovuori mountain where is 7 meters high glacial erratic Sysmän Linta
- Another glacial erratic in Sysmä is Onkiniemen liikkuva kivi.
Famous people
- Usko Kantola, 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
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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