Padasjoki
coat of arms | map |
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Basic data | |
State : | Finland |
Landscape : | Päijät-Häme |
Administrative community : | Lahti |
Geographical location | 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
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish Land Surveyors): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 . (PDF; 199 kB)
- ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018