Padasjoki

Padasjoen kunta

coat of arms	map
Basic data
State :	Finland
Landscape :	Päijät-Häme
Administrative community :	Lahti
Geographical location	61 ° 21 ′  N , 25 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 61 ° 21 ′  N , 25 ° 17 ′  E
Surface:	729.94 km²
of which land area:	523.23 km²
of which inland waterways:	206.71 km²
Residents :	2,963 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	5.7 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number :	576
Language (s) :	Finnish
Website :	www.padasjoki.fi

Padasjoki [ ˈpɑdɑsjɔki ] is a municipality in southern Finland and is located 52 kilometers north of Lahti on Lake Päijänne . The place was first mentioned in a document in 1442.

coat of arms

Description of the coat of arms : "In the red shield a silver pot with just such a handle over a silver wavy bar shifted to the base of the shield ".

Sons and daughters

• Adolf Ivar Arwidsson (1791–1858), journalist, writer and historian
• Juuso Pykälistö (* 1975), rally driver

Distances

• 52 km to Lahti
• 65 km to Hämeenlinna
• 90 km to Tampere
• 120 km to Jyväskylä
• 150 km to Helsinki

Web links

Commons : Padasjoki  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• official page
• Padasjoki information (German)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish Land Surveyors): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 . (PDF; 199 kB)
2. ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018