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Luhanka | |
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Municipality | |
| Luhangan kunta Luhanka kommun | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Luhanka in Finland | |
| Coordinates:61°48′N025°42′E / 61.800°N 25.700°E /61.800; 25.700 | |
| Country |  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) |
| Website | www |
Luhanka (Swedish:Luhanka, alsoLuhango) is amunicipality ofFinland. It is located in theCentral Finlandregion. 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]
Thepopulation density is 3.21 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.3/sq mi). There are also many summertime cottages in Luhanka.
The municipality is unilinguallyFinnish. The municipality is also been known as "Luhango" in Swedish documents.[5]
Mimicking thebadger in the coat of arms of Luhanka, the permanent residents include the official animalmascot of the municipality, Sisu the Badger (Sisu-mäyrä).[6]
Neighboring municipalities areHartola,Joutsa,Jyväskylä,Jämsä,Kuhmoinen andSysmä.
There are all together 61 lakes in Luhanka. Biggest lakes in Luhanka arePäijänne,Tammijärvi-Hauha andJutilanjärvi.[7]
Luhanka was first mentioned as a village within theSysmä parish in 1462. The village gets its name from the lakeLuhankjärvi or Luhankajärvi, the name of which comes from the wordluha, a variant ofluhta, a word which refers to a type of swamp.-nka is a derivational suffix, which is also found in other place names such asPuolanka andMaaninka.
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 ofJoutsa in 2006.[8][9]
Media related toLuhanka at Wikimedia Commons
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