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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Hartola
| official_name      = {{lang|fi|Hartolan kunta}}<br />{{lang|sv|Gustav Adolfs kommun}}
| native_name        = {{native name|sv|Gustav Adolfs}}
| other_name         = 
| settlement_type    = Municipality
| image_shield       = Hartola.vaakuna.svg
| shield_size        = 120x80px
| image_skyline      = Itä-Hämeen opisto.JPG
| image_caption      = Eastern Tavastia College (''Itä-Hämeen opisto'') in Hartola
| image_map          = Hartola sijainti Suomi.svg
| map_caption        = Location of Hartola in [[Finland]]
| coordinates        = {{coord|61|35|N|026|01|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|Finland}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[Regions of Finland|Region]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Päijät-Häme]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Sub-regions of Finland|Sub-region]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Heinola sub-region|Heinola]]
| leader_title       = Municipal manager
| leader_name        = Raija Peltonen
| established_title  = [[Charter]]
| established_date   = 1784
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| timezone           = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
| utc_offset         = +02:00
| timezone_DST       = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
| utc_offset_DST     = +03:00
| website            = {{Url|https://hartola.fi/}}
}}
'''Hartola''' ({{langx|sv|Gustav Adolfs}}) is a [[municipalities of Finland|municipality]] of [[Finland]]. It is located in the [[Itä-Häme]], [[Päijät-Häme|Päijät-Häme region]]. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum:
{{Data Finland municipality/population count|Hartola}}}}
({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}}}}),<ref name="population_count" /> which make it the smallest municipality in Päijät-Häme in terms of population. It covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Hartola}}|km2}} of
which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Hartola}}|km2|abbr=on}}
is water.<ref name="total_area" /> The [[population density]] is
{{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Hartola|round=2}}|PD/km2}}. Neighbouring municipalities are [[Heinola]], [[Joutsa]], [[Luhanka]], [[Pertunmaa]] and [[Sysmä]].

The municipality is unilingually [[Finnish language|Finnish]]. The municipality is also known as "Gustav Adolfs" in [[Swedish language|Swedish]].<ref>[http://kaino.kotus.fi/svenskaortnamn/?a=fabc&b=H Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus :: Svenska ortnamn i Finland<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Hartola is home to the [[Itä-Hämeen Museo]], the regional museum for seven municipalities.

Since 1987, the town has billed itself as a sovereign royal parish based upon a 1784 proclamation by King [[Gustav III of Sweden]] creating a new parish on the eastern border of his [[monarchy|kingdom]] in honor of his son, [[Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden|Gustav Adolf]].

At every first Saturday in September, there is a fair at Hartola. The event is biggest in Finland at its genre.<ref>[https://archive.today/20140215130519/http://www.hartola.fi/malleja/1a/sivu2.asp?kieli=10&valikko=3&paavalikko=119&alavalikko=512&koko=6 Infopage]</ref>

The municipality is also known as the writer [[Maila Talvio]]'s place of birth.

==History==
[[File:Lake Salajärvi, Hartola, Finland.jpg|thumb|300px|Lake Salajärvi in Lepsala Village, Hartola, Finland]]
Hartola may have been mentioned as early as 1398 (''ut ecclesia parrochialis Hartola Aboensis dioceses''), however this may have also referred to [[Hattula]]. It was originally a part of the parish of [[Sysmä]]. At least between 1540 and 1729, it was called ''Koskipää'', after which the name ''Hartola'' appears again.

Hartola became an independent parish in 1784. It was also granted the Swedish name ''Gustav Adolfs''. In Finnish, the parish was also known as ''Kustavus, Kustavuksenpitäjä'' and ''Kustaanpitäjä'', but the name ''Hartola'' was still in use. By the late 1800s, ''Hartola'' had become the sole name for the parish.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|url=https://kaino.kotus.fi/www/verkkojulkaisut/julk63/SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|page=71|access-date=August 16, 2022|website=kaino.kotus.fi|language=fi}}</ref>

[[Joutsa]] was a part of Hartola until 1860, while [[Leivonmäki]] was a part of Hartola until 1880. <ref>{{Cite web|title=SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|url=https://kaino.kotus.fi/www/verkkojulkaisut/julk63/SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|page=110+229|access-date=August 16, 2022|website=kaino.kotus.fi|language=fi}}</ref>

==Villages==
*Hangastaipale
*Kalho, writer [[Mika Waltari]] wrote ''[[The Egyptian]]'' here.
*Koitti
*Kuivajärvi
*Kumu
*Lepsala
*Murakka
*Nokka
*Putkijärvi
*Siltasuo
*Vuorenkylä <ref>http://www.vuorenkyla.fi/ Vuorenkylä cite, ''finnish'', village was notable in 2007 ''village of the year''</ref> is a northernmost village in [[Päijät-Häme]]

All schools those located in villages have been closed. School system in Hartola is about 140 years old.<ref>http://www.koittiry.net/riihiniemen-koulun-100-vuotisjuhla{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} History of Riihiniemi school, ''finnish'', citation 2012</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Hartola}}
*[https://hartola.fi/ Municipality of Hartola] – Official website {{In lang|fi}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040726104517/http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~ihmuseo/ Itä-Hämeen Museo]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Hartola
 | N  = [[Joutsa]] ([[Central Finland]])
 | E  = [[Pertunmaa]] ([[South Savo]])
 | S  = [[Heinola]]
 | W  = [[Sysmä]]
 | NW = [[Luhanka]] ([[Central Finland]])
}}
{{PäijänneTavastia}}
{{Smallest Finnish municipalities by region}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Hartola, Finland]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1784]]