Leivonmäki is a former municipality of Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. It became a part of Joutsa

Joutsa

Joutsa is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water...

 in 2008. It is known for its marshy grounds and its national park

National park

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. First inhabitants are mentioned in 1564. It has been a municipality since 1870.

It is located 40 kilometres (24.9 mi) south-east from Jyväskylä

Jyväskylä

Jyväskylä is the capital of Central Finland and the largest city on the Finnish Lakeland, north-east of Tampere and north of Helsinki, on northern coast of lake Päijänne. The city has been continuously one of the most rapidly growing cities in Finland since World War II. The city is surrounded...

 in the province

Provinces of Finland

The state of Finland consisted of six provinces between the years 1997 and 2009. The provincial authority was part of the central government's executive branch, not directly elected. The system was created in 1634, and its makeup was changed drastically in 1997, when the number of the provinces...

 of Western Finland

Western Finland

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 and is part of the Central Finland

Central Finland

Central Finland is a region in Finland. It borders to the regions Päijänne Tavastia, Pirkanmaa, Southern Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, Northern Ostrobothnia, Northern Savonia and Southern Savonia....

 region

Regions of Finland

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. The municipality has a population of 1,162 (2003) and covers an area of 409.97 km² of which 29.17 km² is water. The population density

Population density

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 is 2.8 inhabitants per km².

The municipality is unilingually Finnish

Finnish language

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.

Villages

Etu-Ikola, Havumäki

Havumäki

Havumäki was a village within the municipality of Leivonmäki, Finland, itself a small town of only 1162 people , until Leivonmäki was incorporated into Joutsa in 2008...

, Kivisuo

Kivisuo

Kivisuo is a village in the municipality of Joutsa in middle-Finland.It is located about 10 kilometers east from Leivonmäki. The village has a population of about 60 inhabitants.- References :* - Official homepages of Kivisuo...

, Lapinkylä, Leivonmäki, Martinkylä, Rutalahti

Rutalahti

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, Savenaho, Selänpohja, Taka-Ikola

External links

• Municipality of Joutsa – Official website