Hartola
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municipality in the region of Päijänne Tavastia in Finland
Key facts
- Country
- Finland
- Region
- Päijät-Häme
- Sub region
- Heinola
- Municipal manager
- Raija Peltonen
- Total
- 2,401
- Rank
- 234th largest in Finland
- Density
- 0/km (0/sq mi)
- Finnish
- 96% (official)
- Others
- 4%
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 ( EET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+03:00 ( EEST )
- Website
- hartola .fi
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Finland
- Official name
- Hartolan kunta
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Lahti sub-region
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 2401
- Area
- 132.52
- Elevation
- 110
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Mäntyharju
- Legal form
- municipality of Finland
- Official website
- hartola.fi
- Image
- Windmill in Hartola.jpg
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- native label
- Hartola
- Commons category
- Hartola
- topic's main category
- Category:Hartola, Finland
- inception
- 1784-01-01
- associated electoral district
- Häme
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Lahti sub-region
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=81
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Hartola (Swedish: Gustav Adolfs) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Itä-Häme, Päijät-Häme region. The municipality has a population of 2,401 (31 December 2025), which make it the smallest municipality in Päijät-Häme in terms of population. It covers an area of 675.38 square kilometres (260.77 sq mi) of which 132.18 km (51.03 sq mi) is water. The population density is 4.42 inhabitants per square kilometre (11.4/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Heinola, Joutsa, Luhanka, Pertunmaa and Sysmä.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality is also known as "Gustav Adolfs" in Swedish. Hartola is home to the Itä-Hämeen Museo, the regional museum for seven municipalities.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hartola” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.