Joutsa
Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality 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 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][2] The population density is [convert: invalid number].
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.
Nature and Culture
There are all together 192 lakes in Joutsa. Biggest lakes are Puula, Suontee and Jääsjärvi.[3]
Leivonmäki National Park is located in Joutsa. At area is swamps, beaches and forest in esker.
Newspapers:
- Joutsan seutu is published in Joutsa and Luhanka.
- Itä-Häme
Sahticulture in Joutsa is known by Joutsan sahti.
Some villages
Havumäki, Kivisuo, Kälä, Laitjärvi, Lapinkylä, Leivonmäki, Marjotaipale, Pärnämäki, Ruokoranta, Ruorasmäki, Rutalahti, Savenaho, Selänpohja, Taka-Ikola, Tammilahti, Tolvasniemi, and Vehmaa
Gallery
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Joutsa bus station in the late 1950s -
Lake Suontee in Joutsa -
Suontee -
Forest at Leivonmäki -
Forest at Leivonmäki -
Soimalampi -
Lake Suontee from Marjotaipaleentie -
A village in Leivonmäki -
Koskikara nature trail
Twinnings
Tähtvere Parish, Estonia[4]
Finspång, Sweden[5]
References
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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total_areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Joutsa". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "Suomen kuntien ystävyyskunnat" (in Finnish). Embassy of Finland in Estonia. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- ^ "Ystävyyskunnat" (PDF) (in Finnish). Pohjola-Norden. Retrieved 7 May 2012.[permanent dead link]
External links
Media related to Joutsa at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Joutsa – Official website, finnish
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