Luhanka

Luhanka Luhango
Municipality
Luhangan kunta
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 (2011-01-01)[1]
• Total	313.25 km^2 (120.95 sq mi)
• Land	214.52 km^2 (82.83 sq mi)
• Water	98.73 km^2 (38.12 sq mi)
Area rank	274th largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)[2]
• Total	764
• Rank	327th largest in Finland
• Density	3.56/km^2 (9.2/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
• Finnish	99.6% (official)
• Swedish	0.1%
• Others	0.2%
Population by age[4]
• 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[5]	19%
Website	www.luhanka.fi

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)^[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]

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.^[6] Neighboring municipalities are Hartola, Joutsa, Jyväskylä, Jämsä, Kuhmoinen and Sysmä.

There are many summertime cottages in Luhanka.

Nature

There are all together 61 lakes in Luhanka. Biggest lakes in Luhanka are Päijänne, Tammijärvi-Hauha and Jutilanjärvi.^[7]

Famous people

• Politician Hertta Kuusinen was born in Luhanka in 1904
• Writer Kreetta Onkeli has spent childhood in Luhanka
• Composer Toni Edelmann lives in Luhanka

Gallery

• 
  Lake Tammijärvi
• 
  Hopeasalmi, Lake Päijänne

References

1. "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
2. "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
3. "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.
4. "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
6. "Svenska ortnamn i Finland" (in Finnish). Research Institute for the Languages of Finland. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
7. "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 (Finnish)