Sysmä

Sysmä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsysmæ]) is a municipality of Finland. It is situated in the Päijät-Häme region. The municipality has a population of 3,583 (31 December 2021)[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 5.37 inhabitants per square kilometre (13.9/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Asikkala, Hartola, Heinola, Kuhmoinen, Luhanka, and Padasjoki. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Not to be confused with village in Outokumpu.
Sysmä
Municipality
Sysmän kunta
Sysmä kommun
Sunset at Lake Päijänne and Päijätsalo natural park
Coat of arms
Location of Sysmä in Finland
Coordinates: 61°30′N 025°41′E
Country Finland
RegionPäijänne Tavastia
Sub-regionHeinola sub-region
Founded1442
Government
 • Municipal managerMarketta Kitkiöjoki
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total936.18 km2 (361.46 sq mi)
 • Land667.04 km2 (257.55 sq mi)
 • Water269.14 km2 (103.92 sq mi)
 • Rank128th largest in Finland
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total3,583
 • Rank204th largest in Finland
 • Density5.37/km2 (13.9/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish98.4% (official)
 • Swedish0.2%
 • Others1.4%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 148.3%
 • 15 to 6448.4%
 • 65 or older43.2%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]19%
Websitewww.sysma.fi

Itä-Häme newspaper is established in Sysmä.

According to historians, the word sysmä means either a "dark forest" or an "uninhabited wilderness."[6] Sysmä is also a lake in Joroinen and another lake in Ilomantsi.

Population

Sysmä has suffered chronic, steady population decline over the last 50 years. It has many alternative homes, used principally as holiday homes.

Some villages

Joutsjärvi, Karilanmaa, Kinnarila, Koivisto, Liikola, Nikkaroinen, Nuoramoinen, Onkiniemi, Rapala, Ravioskorpi, Taipale, Unaja, Valittula, and Vintturi.

Attractions

Many summer events are held in Sysmä during which the population could even triple seasonally.

  • One of the most popular events is called Sysmän suvisoitto.[7]
  • Kammiovuori mountain where is 7 meters high glacial erratic Sysmän Linta[8]
  • Another glacial erratic in Sysmä is Onkiniemen liikkuva kivi.[9]

Famous people

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M12*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  6. Lähilehti (no 46), 21 October 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2022. (in Finnish)
  7. http://www.suvisoitto.fi/ Sysmän Suvisoitto
  8. Facta2001, WSOY, 1981. (in Finnish)
  9. Maailman ja Suomen Suuratlas, p. 315. WSOY, Instituto Geografico Agostini, Novara, Igda, 1985. ISBN 951-0-12598-9. (in Finnish)

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