Joutsa

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Municipality in Central Finland, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Joutsa in Finland

Coordinates: 61°44.5′N 026°07′E / 61.7417°N 26.117°E / 61.7417; 26.117Country

FinlandRegionCentral FinlandSub-regionJoutsa sub-regionGovernment

• Municipal managerHarri NissinenArea

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total1,066.42 km² (411.75 sq mi) • Land867.07 km² (334.78 sq mi) • Water199.25 km² (76.93 sq mi) • Rank89th largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total4,071 • Rank191st largest in Finland • Density4.7/km² (12/sq mi)Population by native language

^[3]

• Finnish97.3% (official) • Swedish0.2% • Others2.5%Population by age

^[4]

• 0 to 1410.5% • 15 to 6450.3% • 65 or older39.2%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Websitewww.joutsa.fi

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 70 kilometres (43 mi) north of the Joutsa municipality.

The municipality has a population of 4,071 (31 December 2023)^[2] and covers an area of 1,066.42 square kilometres (411.75 sq mi) of which 199.25 km² (76.93 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 4.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (12/sq mi).

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.

Geography

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.^[6]

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

Climate

Climate data for Joutsa Savenaho (1991-2020 normals, extremes 1959–present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	7.5 (45.5)	9.0 (48.2)	14.9 (58.8)	23.2 (73.8)	29.6 (85.3)	32.4 (90.3)	33.0 (91.4)	32.3 (90.1)	24.8 (76.6)	18.5 (65.3)	11.5 (52.7)	10.1 (50.2)	33.0 (91.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−4.4 (24.1)	−3.8 (25.2)	1.1 (34.0)	7.7 (45.9)	15.3 (59.5)	19.5 (67.1)	22.0 (71.6)	19.9 (67.8)	14.0 (57.2)	6.5 (43.7)	1.2 (34.2)	−2.2 (28.0)	8.1 (46.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−7.1 (19.2)	−7.2 (19.0)	−3.1 (26.4)	2.6 (36.7)	9.3 (48.7)	13.9 (57.0)	16.4 (61.5)	14.6 (58.3)	9.6 (49.3)	3.8 (38.8)	−0.7 (30.7)	−4.3 (24.3)	4.0 (39.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−10 (14)	−10.4 (13.3)	−7 (19)	−1.8 (28.8)	3.6 (38.5)	8.6 (47.5)	11.7 (53.1)	10.4 (50.7)	6.1 (43.0)	1.3 (34.3)	−2.8 (27.0)	−6.8 (19.8)	0.2 (32.4)
Record low °C (°F)	−39.5 (−39.1)	−37.0 (−34.6)	−31.3 (−24.3)	−21.9 (−7.4)	−7.7 (18.1)	−2.9 (26.8)	1.2 (34.2)	−1.8 (28.8)	−6.0 (21.2)	−15.9 (3.4)	−24.5 (−12.1)	−34.1 (−29.4)	−39.5 (−39.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	52 (2.0)	41 (1.6)	37 (1.5)	37 (1.5)	45 (1.8)	70 (2.8)	84 (3.3)	71 (2.8)	60 (2.4)	72 (2.8)	62 (2.4)	61 (2.4)	690 (27.2)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	20	17	15	12	13	15	15	15	16	19	21	20	198
Source 1: FMI normals for Finland 1991-2020^[7]
Source 2: record highs and lows^[8]

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

Tähtvere Parish, Estonia^[9]
Finspång, Sweden^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ "Joutsa". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
^ "FMI normals".
^ "FMI open data". FMI. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
^ "Suomen kuntien ystävyyskunnat" (in Finnish). Embassy of Finland in Estonia. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
^ "Ystävyyskunnat" (PDF) (in Finnish). Pohjola-Norden. Retrieved 7 May 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}