Luhanka

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Luhangan kunta
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Luhanka Location of Luhanka in Finland
Basic data
State : FinlandFinland Finland
Landscape : Central Finland
Administrative community : Joutsa
Geographical location 61 ° 48 '  N , 25 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 61 ° 48 '  N , 25 ° 42'  E
Surface: 313.25 km²
of which land area: 214.53 km²
of which inland waterways: 98.72 km²
Residents : 707 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 3.3 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number : 435
Language (s) : Finnish
Website : www.luhanka.fi

Luhanka [ ˈluɦɑŋkɑ ] ( Swedish : Luhango ) is a municipality in the Finnish countryside of central Finland . The entire population is Finnish-speaking .

Localities

The municipalities include Judinsalo, Klemettilä, Lempää, Rekolankylä, Tammijärvi and Vuorenkylä.

Attractions

In Luhanka there is a neo-Gothic wooden church from 1893 based on a design by Josef Stenbäck .

politics

As in most rural areas of Finland, the Center Party is the strongest party in Luhanka . In the 2008 local elections it received almost half of the votes and has an absolute majority in the local council, the highest decision-making body in local matters, with 8 out of 15 MPs. The second largest parliamentary group is the conservative National Collection Party with three seats. The Social Democrats and a local electoral list ( Lähialueyhteistyön yhteislista ) each had two seats .

Composition of the municipal council (2009–2012)
Political party 2008 election results Seats
Center Party 49.5% 8th
National rally party 23.1% 3
Lähialueyhteistyön yhteislista 14.1% 2
Social democrats 13.4% 2

Luhanka has had a parish partnership with Årjäng in Sweden since 1944 .

Luhanka in the film

With her multiple award-winning documentary “At home in the village” (2012), Kiti Luostarinen set a monument to the place and its residents.

Sons and daughters

Web links

Commons : Luhanka  - 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. ↑ Finnish Ministry of Justice: Result of the 2008 local elections