Luhanka
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Luhanka | |
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Municipality | |
| Luhangan kunta Luhanka kommun | |
| File:Kivivuorenlahti by Keihäsniemi in Luhanka, Central Finland, 2021 June.jpg | |
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Coat of arms of Luhanka Coat of arms | |
| Location of Luhanka in Finland Location of Luhanka in Finland | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland |
| Region | Central Finland |
| Sub-region | Joutsa |
| Charter | 1864 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Reijo Urtti |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 313.25 km2 (120.95 sq mi) |
| • Land | 214.5 km2 (82.8 sq mi) |
| • Water | 98.73 km2 (38.12 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 256th largest in Finland |
| Population (2025-06-30)[2] | |
• Total | 688 |
| • Rank | 299th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 3.21/km2 (8.3/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 99.3% (official) |
| • Others | 0.7% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 8.4% |
| • 15 to 64 | 49.9% |
| • 65 or older | 41.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Luhanka (Swedish: Luhanka, also Luhango) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 688 (30 June 2025)[2] and covers an area of 313.25 square kilometres (120.95 sq mi) of which 98.73 km2 (38.12 sq mi) is water.[1]
The population density is 3.21 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.3/sq mi). There are also many summertime cottages in Luhanka.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality is also been known as "Luhango" in Swedish documents.[5]
Mimicking the badger in the coat of arms of Luhanka, the permanent residents include the official animal mascot of the municipality, Sisu the Badger (Sisu-mäyrä).[6]
Geography
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Neighboring municipalities are Hartola, Joutsa, Jyväskylä, Jämsä, Kuhmoinen and Sysmä.
There are all together 61 lakes in Luhanka. Biggest lakes in Luhanka are Päijänne, Tammijärvi-Hauha and Jutilanjärvi.[7]
History
[edit | edit source]Luhanka was first mentioned as a village within the Sysmä parish in 1462. The village gets its name from the lake Luhankjärvi or Luhankajärvi, the name of which comes from the word luha, a variant of luhta, a word which refers to a type of swamp. -nka is a derivational suffix, which is also found in other place names such as Puolanka and Maaninka.
It was granted a chapel in 1767 and became a separate parish in 1864. Due to the small population of the municipality, the parish of Luhanka became subordinate to the parish of Joutsa in 2006.[8][9]
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Politician Hertta Kuusinen was born in Luhanka in 1904[citation needed]
- Writer Kreetta Onkeli has spent childhood in Luhanka[citation needed]
- Composer Toni Edelmann lived in Luhanka[citation needed]
References
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- ^ Mäyrä-maskotti sai nimen (in Finnish)
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- File:Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg Luhanka travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Municipality of Luhanka – Official homepage (in Finnish)
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