Luhanka

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Luhanka municipal coat of arms, featuring a badger
Luhanka municipal coat of arms, featuring a badger

Luhanka 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 905 (2003) and covers an area of 313.34 km² of which 98.31 km² is water. The population density is 2.9 inhabitants per km².

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has previously also been known as "Luhango" in historic Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Luhanka" also in Swedish.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus :: Kuntien nimet

[edit] External links

  • Luhanka – Official homepage (in Finnish)

Coordinates: 61°47′50″N, 25°42′10″E

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