Laukaa
municipality in the region of Central Finland
Laukaa (Swedish: Laukas) is a municipality in Finland. About 18,573 people live there. Nearby municipalities include Hankasalmi, Jyväskylä, Konnevesi, Toivakka, Uurainen and Äänekoski.
Laukaa
Laukas | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
| Laukaan kunta | |
 Leppävesi is one of many lakes in Laukaa. | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Laukaa in Finland | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Central Finland |
| Sub-region | Jyväskylä sub-region |
| Charter | 1593 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Esko Koliseva |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 825.59 km2 (318.76 sq mi) |
| • Land | 648.53 km2 (250.40 sq mi) |
| • Water | 177.09 km2 (68.37 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 133rd largest in Finland |
| Population (2019-01-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 18,899 |
| • Rank | 64th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 29.14/km2 (75.5/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 99.2% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.1% |
| • Others | 0.7% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 22.2% |
| • 15 to 64 | 57.3% |
| • 65 or older | 20.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 21.5% |
| Website | www.laukaa.fi |
Sources
change- ↑ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ↑ "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ↑ "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 (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003-2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
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