Joutsa

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Joutsan kunta
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Joutsa Location of Joutsa in Finland
Basic data
State : FinlandFinland Finland
Landscape : Central Finland
Administrative community : Joutsa
Geographical location 61 ° 45 ′  N , 26 ° 7 ′  E Coordinates: 61 ° 45 ′  N , 26 ° 7 ′  E
Surface: 1,066.42 km²
of which land area: 867.16 km²
of which inland waterways: 199.26 km²
Residents : 4,467 (Dec 31, 2018)
Population density : 5.2 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number : 172
Language (s) : Finnish
Website : www.joutsa.fi

Joutsa is a municipality in central Finland with 4467 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018).

It is located 70 km southeast of Jyväskylä in the middle of the Finnish Lake District . The border between the historical landscapes of Häme and Savo runs through the municipality .

local community

At the beginning of 2008, the neighboring municipality of Leivonmäki was incorporated into Joutsa. As a result, the number of inhabitants increased by more than a quarter, the area of ​​the municipality by almost two thirds. Besides the namesake The community Joutsa includes Kirchdorf places Angesselkä, Etu-Ikola, Hankaa, Havunmäki, Kälä, Kivisuo, Laitjärvi, Lapinkylä, Leivonmäki, Marjotaipale, Martinkylä, Mieskonmäki, Pajumäki, Pappinen, Pylsy, Pärnämäki, Ruokoranta, Ruorasmäki, Rutalahti, Savenaho, Selänpohja, Taka-Iola Tammilahti, Tolvasniemi, Uimaniemi and Vähä Joutsa. Joutsa has joined forces with the neighboring municipality of Luhanka to form an administrative community; the municipality of Finspång in Sweden and Tähtvere in Estonia maintain town twinning .

coat of arms

Description of the coat of arms : In the red shield there is a silver bow with a golden string and an inlaid silver, gold-tipped and feathered arrow above the silver shield base, which is divided with a pine cut .

Others

State road 4 ( E 75 ), one of the most important north-south transport axes in Finland , runs through Joutsa . Nevertheless, the community is structurally weak and hardly industrialized. The largest employers are the municipality itself, the Hentinen construction company. Forestry and tourism are also of great importance. There are almost 2000 holiday homes ( Mökkis ) in the municipality ; The population of Joutsa therefore increases considerably, especially in the summer months.

Culture

In the summer, the three-day music and culture festival Joutsan Joutopäivät , which attracts up to 25,000 visitors, is held annually in Joutsa . In terms of sport, the municipality is known for the Joutsan Pommi club , whose cross-country skiing team is one of the most successful in Finland. The 29 km² Leivonmäki National Park is located in the municipality's area .

politics

As in most rural areas of Finland, the Center Party is the strongest party in Joutsa . In the 2008 local elections, she received just over a third of the vote. In the municipal council, the highest decision-making body in local affairs, it has ten out of 27 members. The second largest group is the conservative National Assembly Party with nine seats, followed by the Social Democrats with five seats. The Christian Democrats continue to be represented in the municipal council with two seats and the left-wing alliance with one seat.

Composition of the municipal council (2009–2012)
Political party 2008 election results Seats
Center Party 34.3% 10
National rally party 29.9% 9
Social democrats 17.3% 5
Christian Democrats 7.9% 2
Left alliance 6.5% 1

Sons and daughters

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2011 . (PDF file; 194 kB)
  2. ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
  3. ↑ Website of the municipality of Joutsa: Decision of the Finnish State Council to incorporate the municipality of Leivonmäki into the municipality of Joutsa (Finnish)
  4. ↑ Finnish Ministry of Justice: Result of the 2008 local elections