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Luhanka

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Country
  
Finland

Charter
  
1864

Municipal tax rate
  
19%

Region
  
Central Finland

Sub-region
  
Joutsa sub-region

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Local time
  
Tuesday 9:34 PM

Luhanka

Area rank
  
256th largest in Finland

Weather
  
2°C, Wind S at 19 km/h, 91% Humidity

Luhanka is a municipality of Finland.

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Map of 19950 Luhanka, Finland

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 764 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 214.53 square kilometres (82.83 sq mi) of which 98.73 km2 (38.12 sq mi) is water.

The population density is 3.56 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.2/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality is also been known as "Luhango" in Swedish documents. Neighboring municipalities are Hartola, Joutsa, Jyväskylä, Jämsä, Kuhmoinen and Sysmä.

There are many summertime cottages in Luhanka.

Nature

There are all together 61 lakes in Luhanka. Biggest lakes in Luhanka are Päijänne, Tammijärvi-Hauha and Jutilanjärvi.

Famous people

  • Politician Hertta Kuusinen was born in Luhanka in 1904
  • Writer Kreetta Onkeli has spent childhood in Luhanka
  • Composer Toni Edelmann lives in Luhanka
  • References

    Luhanka Wikipedia