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Joutsais amunicipalityofFinland.It is located in theprovinceofWestern Finlandand is part of theCentral Finlandregion.Jyväskyläis located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) north of the Joutsa municipality.
Joutsa | |
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Municipality | |
| Joutsan kunta Joutsa kommun | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Joutsa in Finland | |
| Coordinates:61°44.5′N026°07′E/ 61.7417°N 26.117°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Central Finland |
| Sub-region | Joutsa sub-region |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Harri Nissinen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,066.42 km2(411.75 sq mi) |
| • Land | 867.07 km2(334.78 sq mi) |
| • Water | 199.25 km2(76.93 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 89th largestin Finland |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 4,079 |
| • Rank | 190th largestin Finland |
| • Density | 4.7/km2(12/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| •Finnish | 96.8% (official) |
| •Swedish | 0.3% |
| • Others | 2.9% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 10.5% |
| • 15 to 64 | 50.3% |
| • 65 or older | 39.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00(EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00(EEST) |
| Website | www |
The municipality has a population of 4,079 (31 December 2023)[2]and covers an area of 1,066.42 square kilometres (411.75 sq mi) of which 199.25 km2(76.93 sq mi) is water.[1]Thepopulation densityis 4.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (12/sq mi).
The municipality is unilinguallyFinnish.The municipality ofLeivonmäkiwas consolidated with Joutsa on January 1, 2008.
Sahticulture in Joutsa is known byJoutsan sahti.[citation needed]
Geography
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Neighbouring municipalities:Hartola,Hirvensalmi,Jyväskylä,Kangasniemi,Luhanka,PertunmaaandToivakka.
There are all together 192lakesin Joutsa. The biggest lakes arePuula,SuonteeandJääsjärvi.[5]
Leivonmäki National Parkis located in Joutsa. At area isswamps,beachesand forest inesker.
Climate
edit| Climate data for Joutsa Savenaho (1991-2020 normals, extremes 1959–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 7.5 (45.5) |
9.0 (48.2) |
14.9 (58.8) |
23.2 (73.8) |
29.6 (85.3) |
32.4 (90.3) |
33.0 (91.4) |
32.3 (90.1) |
24.8 (76.6) |
18.5 (65.3) |
11.5 (52.7) |
10.1 (50.2) |
33.0 (91.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −4.4 (24.1) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
1.1 (34.0) |
7.7 (45.9) |
15.3 (59.5) |
19.5 (67.1) |
22.0 (71.6) |
19.9 (67.8) |
14.0 (57.2) |
6.5 (43.7) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
8.1 (46.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −7.1 (19.2) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
2.6 (36.7) |
9.3 (48.7) |
13.9 (57.0) |
16.4 (61.5) |
14.6 (58.3) |
9.6 (49.3) |
3.8 (38.8) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
4.0 (39.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −10 (14) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
−7 (19) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
3.6 (38.5) |
8.6 (47.5) |
11.7 (53.1) |
10.4 (50.7) |
6.1 (43.0) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
0.2 (32.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −39.5 (−39.1) |
−37.0 (−34.6) |
−31.3 (−24.3) |
−21.9 (−7.4) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−15.9 (3.4) |
−24.5 (−12.1) |
−34.1 (−29.4) |
−39.5 (−39.1) |
| Averageprecipitationmm (inches) | 52 (2.0) |
41 (1.6) |
37 (1.5) |
37 (1.5) |
45 (1.8) |
70 (2.8) |
84 (3.3) |
71 (2.8) |
60 (2.4) |
72 (2.8) |
62 (2.4) |
61 (2.4) |
690 (27.2) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 20 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 198 |
| Source 1: FMI normals for Finland 1991-2020[6] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: record highs and lows[7] | |||||||||||||
Villages
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- Joutsan seutuis published in Joutsa and Luhanka.
- Itä-Häme
Twinnings
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Tähtvere Parish,Estonia[8]
Finspång,Sweden[9]
References
edit- ^ab"Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018"(PDF).National Land Survey of Finland.Retrieved30 January2018.
- ^abc"Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years".Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024.ISSN1797-5395.Retrieved29 April2024.
- ^"Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020".StatFin.Statistics Finland.Retrieved2 May2021.
- ^ab"Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023".Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022.Retrieved7 May2023.
- ^"Joutsa".Järviwiki.Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012.Retrieved27 February2012.
- ^"FMI normals".
- ^"FMI open data".FMI.Retrieved4 January2024.
- ^"Suomen kuntien ystävyyskunnat"(in Finnish). Embassy of Finland in Estonia.Retrieved7 May2012.
- ^"Ystävyyskunnat"(PDF)(in Finnish). Pohjola-Norden.Retrieved7 May2012.[permanent dead link]
External links
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Media related toJoutsaat Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Joutsa– Official website(in Finnish)