Juva | |
Official Name: | Finnish: Juvan kunta Swedish: Juva kommun |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Coordinates: | 61.9°N 78°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Finland |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Southern Savonia |
Subdivision Type2: | Sub-region |
Subdivision Name2: | Pieksämäki sub-region |
Leader Title: | Municipal manager |
Leader Name: | Mervi Simoska |
Established Title: | Parish |
Established Date: | 1442-01-19 |
Established Title2: | Municipality |
Established Date2: | 1868 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +02:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +03:00 |
Website: | www.juva.fi |
Juva (Swedish: Juva, also Swedish: Jockas) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Savonia region some 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.[1]
The municipality has a population of and covers an area of NaNJuva}} of which NaNJuva}} is water. The population density is NaNJuva. 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.