Juva

Coordinates: 61°54′N 027°51′E / 61.900°N 27.850°E / 61.900; 27.850
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Juva
Municipality
Juvan kunta
Juva kommun
Juva Church
Juva Church
Population by age
 • 0 to 1411.4%
 • 15 to 6452.1%
 • 65 or older36.5%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.juva.fi

Juva (

Eastern Finland, and later, several other parishes were separated from it, such as Sääminki, (present-day Savonlinna), Kuopio, Iisalmi, Pieksämäki, Joroinen, Leppävirta, Siilinjärvi, Lapinlahti and Maaninka. Secular municipal administration was established in 1868.[5]

The municipality has a population of 5,734 (31 December 2023)[6] and covers an area of 1,345.69 square kilometres (519.57 sq mi) of which 182.32 km2 (70.39 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.93 inhabitants per square kilometre (12.8/sq mi). It is mainly an agricultural community, but possesses also some industries, wood industries products making Sisuwood/Is-vet Oy and Viitakosken Puu Oy, prefabricated food making Kruununherkku, bakery products making Siiskonen.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Lake Jukajärvi is located near Juva municipality center and Juva is connected to the sea through the Saimaa-Canals in south of Juva located Lake Luonteri which is part areas of Lake Saimaa.

Culture

Juva is known to be the place of origin of the industrial metal band Ruoska.

References

  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^
    ISSN 1797-5395
    . Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  5. ^ Niiranen, Esko (17 September 2007). "Pitkä historia" (in Finnish). Municipality of Juva. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
  6. ^ "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.

External links

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