Joutsa

Joutsa is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. Jyväskylä is located about 70 km north of the Joutsa municipality.

The municipality has a population of 0 and covers an area of undefined km2 of which undefined km2 is water. The population density is undefined PD/km2.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality of Leivonmäki was consolidated with Joutsa on January 1, 2008.

Sahti culture in Joutsa is known by Joutsan sahti.

Geography
Neighbouring municipalities: Hartola, Hirvensalmi, Jyväskylä, Kangasniemi, Luhanka, Pertunmaa and Toivakka.

There are all together 192 lakes in Joutsa. The biggest lakes are Puula, Suontee and Jääsjärvi.

Leivonmäki National Park is located in Joutsa. At area is swamps, beaches and forest in esker.

Villages

 * Havumäki
 * Kivisuo
 * Kälä
 * Laitjärvi
 * Lapinkylä
 * Leivonmäki
 * Marjotaipale
 * Pärnämäki
 * Ruokoranta
 * Ruorasmäki
 * Rutalahti
 * Savenaho
 * Selänpohja
 * Taka-Ikola
 * Tammilahti
 * Tolvasniemi
 * Vehmaa

Media
Newspapers:
 * Joutsan seutu is published in Joutsa and Luhanka.
 * Itä-Häme

Twinnings

 * 🇪🇪 Tähtvere Parish, Estonia
 * 🇸🇪 Finspång, Sweden