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 kilometres (43 mi) north of the Joutsa municipality.

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Joutsa
Municipality
Joutsan kunta Joutsa kommun
Coat of arms
Location of Joutsa in Finland
Coordinates: 61°44.5′N 026°07′E
Country	Finland
Region	Central Finland
Sub-region	Joutsa sub-region
Government
• Municipal manager	Harri Nissinen
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	1,066.42 km2 (411.75 sq mi)
• Land	867.07 km2 (334.78 sq mi)
• Water	199.25 km2 (76.93 sq mi)
• Rank	89th largest in Finland
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	4,071
• Rank	191st largest in Finland
• Density	4.7/km2 (12/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	97.3% (official)
• Swedish	0.2%
• Others	2.5%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	10.5%
• 15 to 64	50.3%
• 65 or older	39.2%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.joutsa.fi

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The municipality has a population of 4,071 (31 December 2023)^[2] and covers an area of 1,066.42 square kilometres (411.75 sq mi) of which 199.25 km² (76.93 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 4.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (12/sq mi).

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.

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.^[5]

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

Newspapers:

• Joutsan seutu is published in Joutsa and Luhanka.
• Itä-Häme

• Tähtvere Parish, Estonia^[8]
• Finspång, Sweden^[9]