Toivakka | |
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Municipality | |
| Toivakan kunta Toivakka kommun | |
) Toivakka Church | |
) Coat of arms | |
) Location of Toivakka in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 62°06′N 026°05′E / 62.100°N 26.083°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Central Finland |
| Sub-region | Jyväskylä sub-region |
| Charter | 1910 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Erkki Pyökkimies |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 413.94 km2 (159.82 sq mi) |
| • Land | 361.50 km2 (139.58 sq mi) |
| • Water | 52.44 km2 (20.25 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 212th largest in Finland |
| Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,400 |
| • Rank | 244th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 6.64/km2 (17.2/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 99.5% (official) |
| • Others | 0.5% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 16.3% |
| • 15 to 64 | 63% |
| • 65 or older | 20.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20.5% |
| Website | www.toivakka.fi |
Toivakka is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the Central Finland region, near Jyväskylä. The municipality has a population of 2,400 (31 December 2020)[6] and covers an area of 413.94 square kilometres (159.82 sq mi) of which 52.44 km2 (20.25 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 6.64 inhabitants per square kilometre (17.2/sq mi). Neighbour municipalities are Hankasalmi, Joutsa, Jyväskylä, Kangasniemi, Laukaa and Muurame.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Nature
There are altogether 82 lakes in Toivakka. The biggest lakes are Päijänne, Maunonen and Palosenjärvi.
The largest forest tree and the deepest inland water point in Finland are both located in Toivakka.
Twinnings
Kambja Parish, Estonia[7]
Gallery
Toivakka school
A library in Toivakka
Houses in Toivakka
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References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Joulukuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2006". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ "Sõprussuhted" (in Estonian). Kambja vald. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
External links
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Media related to Toivakka at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Toivakka – Official website (in Finnish)