Laukaa
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Laukaa (; ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located next to Jyväskylä and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
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Laukaa is a municipality in Finland. Its legal name is Laukaan kunta. The entity has an active status within the jurisdiction of Finland.
The municipality was established on January 1, 1593. It has a recorded population of 18,978.
Synthesized by Vinony from 11 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, GLEIF. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Laukaa is referenced by 163 other articles, and connects out to Central Finland, Finland and Norway.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Laukaa and Populated places established in 1593.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Laukaa
- Settlement.other_name
- Laukas
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Laukaa - Laukaantie view.jpg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Laukaa.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Laukaa sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Laukaa in Finland
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- city
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Central Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Jyväskylä
- Settlement.seat
- Laukaan kirkonkylä
- Settlement.parts_type
- Villages
- Settlement.parts
- Leppävesi, Lievestuore, Vihtavuori
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Finland
- Official name
- Laukaan kunta
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Vaasa Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 18762
- Area
- 177.09
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Äänekoski
- Legal form
- municipality of Finland
- Official website
- www.laukaa.fi/en
- Image
- Laukaa - Laukaantie view.jpg
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- Commons category
- Laukaa
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Laukaa
- topic's main category
- Category:Laukaa
- inception
- 1593-01-01
- twinned administrative body
- Pereslavl-Zalessky
- associated electoral district
- Central Finland
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Jyväskylä sub-region
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=410
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Villages
- History
- Saraakallio Stone Age rock paintings
- Keitele Canal
- Museums in Laukaa
- People born in Laukaa
- Twin towns - sister cities
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Laukaa (; ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located next to Jyväskylä and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Laukaa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (5)
On the map
3 mapped locations