Sysmä
Municipality in Päijänne Tavastia, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sysmä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsysmæ]) is a municipality of Finland. It is situated in the Päijät-Häme region. The municipality has a population of 3,496 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 936.18 square kilometres (361.46 sq mi) of which 269.14 km2 (103.92 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 5.24 inhabitants per square kilometre (13.6/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Asikkala, Hartola, Heinola, Kuhmoinen, Luhanka, and Padasjoki. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Sysmä | |
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Municipality | |
Sysmän kunta Sysmä kommun | |
Coordinates: 61°30′N 025°41′E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Päijänne Tavastia |
Sub-region | Heinola sub-region |
Founded | 1442 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Marketta Kitkiöjoki |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 936.18 km2 (361.46 sq mi) |
• Land | 666.76 km2 (257.44 sq mi) |
• Water | 269.14 km2 (103.92 sq mi) |
• Rank | 128th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 3,496 |
• Rank | 204th largest in Finland |
• Density | 5.24/km2 (13.6/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 97.1% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.2% |
• Others | 2.6% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 8.3% |
• 15 to 64 | 48.4% |
• 65 or older | 43.2% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | sysma |
Itä-Häme newspaper is established in Sysmä.
According to historians, the word sysmä means either a "dark forest" or an "uninhabited wilderness."[5] Sysmä is also a lake in Joroinen and another lake in Ilomantsi.