Joutsa

Template:Expand Finnish Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox settlement Joutsa is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. Jyväskylä is located about Template:Convert north of the Joutsa municipality.

The municipality has a population of Template:Data Finland municipality/population count ({{#time: j F Y|Template:Data Finland municipality/population count }})<ref name="population_count" /> and covers an area of Template:Convert of which Template:Convert is water.<ref name="total_area" /> The population density is Template:Convert.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality of Leivonmäki was consolidated with Joutsa on January 1, 2008.

Sahti culture in Joutsa is known by Joutsan sahti.Template:Citation needed

Geography

Lake Suontee in Joutsa

Neighbouring municipalities: Hartola, Hirvensalmi, Jyväskylä, Kangasniemi, Luhanka, Pertunmaa and Toivakka.

There are all together 192 lakes in Joutsa. The biggest lakes are Puula, Suontee and Jääsjärvi.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Leivonmäki National Park is located in Joutsa. At area is swamps, beaches and forest in esker. Template:Clear left

Villages

• Havumäki
• Kivisuo
• Kälä
• Laitjärvi
• Lapinkylä
• Leivonmäki
• Marjotaipale
• Pärnämäki
• Ruokoranta
• Ruorasmäki
• Rutalahti
• Savenaho
• Selänpohja
• Taka-Ikola
• Tammilahti
• Tolvasniemi
• Vehmaa

Media

Newspapers:

• Joutsan seutu is published in Joutsa and Luhanka.
• Itä-Häme

Twinnings

• Template:Flagicon Tähtvere Parish, Estonia<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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External links

• Municipality of Joutsa – Official website Template:In lang