Toivakka

Toivakka
Municipality
Toivakan kunta
Toivakka Church

Coat of arms

Location of Toivakka in Finland
Coordinates: 62°06′N 026°05′E / 62.100°N 26.083°E / 62.100; 26.083Coordinates: 62°06′N 026°05′E / 62.100°N 26.083°E / 62.100; 26.083
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 (2018-08-31)[2]
 • Total 2,390
 • Rank 247th largest in Finland
 • Density 6.61/km2 (17.1/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 99.5% (official)
 • Others 0.5%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 16.3%
 • 15 to 64 63%
 • 65 or older 20.7%
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5] 20.5%
Website www.toivakka.fi

Toivakka is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland, near Jyväskylä and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 2,390 (31 August 2018)[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 6.61 inhabitants per square kilometre (17.1/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.

Twinnings

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Ennakkoväkiluku kuukausittain sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, elokuu 2018" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2006". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  7. ↑ "Sõprussuhted" (in Estonian). Kambja vald. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2012.

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