Juva (Swedish: Juva, also Jockas) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Savonia region some 270 kilometres (170 mi) North-East of Helsinki. It was founded on 19 January 1442, and is the oldest parish/municipality in Finland whose exact date of birth is known. At the time, it was only the second parish in Eastern Finland, and later, several other parishes were separated from it, such as Sääminki, (present-day Savonlinna), Kuopio, Iisalmi, Pieksämäki, Joroinen, Leppävirta, Siilinjärvi, Lapinlahti and Maaninka. Secular municipal administration was established in 1868.^[5]

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Juva
Municipality
Juvan kunta Juva kommun
Juva Church
Coat of arms
Location of Juva in Finland
Coordinates: 61°54′N 027°51′E
Country	Finland
Region	Southern Savonia
Sub-region	Pieksämäki sub-region
Parish	1442-01-19
Municipality	1868
Government
• Municipal manager	Mervi Simoska
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	1,345.69 km2 (519.57 sq mi)
• Land	1,163.37 km2 (449.18 sq mi)
• Water	182.32 km2 (70.39 sq mi)
• Rank	62nd largest in Finland
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	5,731
• Rank	157th largest in Finland
• Density	4.93/km2 (12.8/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	97.1% (official)
• Swedish	0.3%
• Others	2.7%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	11.4%
• 15 to 64	52.1%
• 65 or older	36.5%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.juva.fi

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The municipality has a population of 5,731 (31 December 2023)^[2] and covers an area of 1,345.69 square kilometres (519.57 sq mi) of which 182.32 km² (70.39 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 4.93 inhabitants per square kilometre (12.8/sq mi). It is mainly an agricultural community, but possesses also some industries, wood industries products making Sisuwood/Is-vet Oy and Viitakosken Puu Oy, prefabricated food making Kruununherkku, bakery products making Siiskonen.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Lake Jukajärvi is located near Juva municipality center and Juva is connected to the sea through the Saimaa-Canals in south of Juva located Lake Luonteri which is part areas of Lake Saimaa.

Juva is known to be the place of origin of the industrial metal band Ruoska.