Luhanka
| Luhanka Luhango |
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| Municipality | ||
| Luhangan kunta | ||
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| Location of Luhanka in Finland Location of Luhanka in Finland |
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| Country |  Finland |
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| Region | Central Finland | |
| Sub-region | Joutsa sub-region | |
| Charter | 1864 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Reijo Urtti | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 313.25 km2 (120.95 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 214.52 km2 (82.83 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 98.73 km2 (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/km2 (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 |
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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.
Newspaper Itä-Häme is published also 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
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Lake Tammijärvi
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Hopeasalmi, Lake Päijänne
References
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Municipality of Luhanka – Official homepage (Finnish)
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