Editing Toivakka

{{Infobox settlement
|name = Toivakka
| official_name = {{lang|fi|Toivakan kunta}}<br />{{lang|sv|Toivakka kommun}}
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = Toivakan kirkko.jpg
| image_caption = Toivakka Church
| image_shield = Toivakka.vaakuna.svg
| shield_size = 120x80px
| image_map = Toivakka sijainti Suomi.svg
| map_caption = Location of Toivakka in Finland
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Finland|Region]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Central Finland]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Sub-regions of Finland|Sub-region]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jyväskylä sub-region|Jyväskylä]]
| leader_title = Municipal manager
| leader_name = Erkki Pyökkimies
| established_title = [[Charter]]
| established_date = 1910
|area_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|area_footnotes|Toivakka}}
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|blank_name = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_name|Toivakka}}
|blank_info = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_info|Toivakka}}
|timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
|utc_offset = +02:00
|timezone_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
|utc_offset_DST = +03:00
| website = {{Url|https://www.toivakka.fi/en/}}
}}
'''Toivakka''' is a [[municipalities of Finland|municipality]] of [[Finland]]. It is located in the [[Central Finland]] [[regions of Finland|region]], near [[Jyväskylä]]. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum:
{{Data Finland municipality/population count|Toivakka}}}}
({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}}
}})<ref name="population_count2">{{Cite web |url= http://www.vrk.fi/vrk/files.nsf/files/5C9F0C2045E12D21C2257260004072C9/$file/061231.htm |title= Population by municipality as of {{#time: j F Y|2006-12-31}} |accessdate= {{#time: j F Y|2010-05-02}} |work= Population Information System |publisher= Population Register Center of Finland |language= Finnish, Swedish }}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Toivakka}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Toivakka}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water.<ref name="total_area" />  The [[population density]] is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Toivakka|round=2}}|PD/km2}}. The municipality is unilingually [[Finnish language|Finnish]].

The [[Sowing|sower]] pictured in the [[coat of arms]] of Toivakka refers to [[agriculture]] but also to hope for the future. The coat of arms was designed by [[Gustaf von Numers]] and was confirmed for use on April 23, 1957.<ref>{{cite book| title= Suomen kunnallisvaakunat | publisher= Suomen Kunnallisliitto | year= 1982 | isbn= 951-773-085-3 | language= fi}}</ref>

==Geography==
Neighbouring municipalities are [[Hankasalmi]], [[Joutsa]], [[Jyväskylä]], [[Kangasniemi]], [[Laukaa]] and [[Muurame]].

There are altogether 82 lakes in Toivakka.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} The biggest lakes are [[Päijänne]], [[Maunonen]] and [[Palosenjärvi]].{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

The largest forest tree and the deepest inland water point in Finland are both located in Toivakka.

== History ==
A farm named Toivakka has existed since 1540. Its name is derived from the [[Savonian people|Savonian]] surname ''Toivakainen''. It was a part of the village of Leppävesi in [[Laukaa]], which was included in the [[Rautalampi]] parish after its establishment in 1561. Laukaa became an independent parish in 1628 and Toivakka remained a part of it until 1871, when it was transferred to [[Jyväskylän maalaiskunta]], which was split off from Laukaa a few years earlier in 1868. Toivakka became a separate parish in 1909 and a municipality in 1910.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|url=https://kaino.kotus.fi/www/verkkojulkaisut/julk63/SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|page=460|access-date=16 October 2022|website=kaino.kotus.fi|language=fi}}</ref>

==Twinnings==
*{{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Kambja Parish]], Estonia<ref name=kambja>{{cite web|title=Sõprussuhted|url=http://www.kambja.ee/kodanikule/uldinfo/soprussuhted|publisher=Kambja vald|accessdate=2 May 2012|language=Estonian|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914060422/http://www.kambja.ee/kodanikule/uldinfo/soprussuhted|archivedate=14 September 2013}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="150" heights="150">
File:Toivakka2.jpg|Toivakka school
File:Toivakka - kirjasto.jpg|A library in Toivakka
File:Houses in Toivakka.jpg|Houses in Toivakka
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Toivakka}}
{{wikivoyage-inline|Toivakka}}
*[https://www.toivakka.fi/en/ Municipality of Toivakka] – Official website

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Toivakka
 | N  = [[Laukaa]]
 | NE = [[Hankasalmi]]
 | E  = [[Kangasniemi]] ([[South Savo]])
 | S  = [[Joutsa]]
 | SW = [[Jyväskylä]]
 | W  = [[Jyväskylä]]<br/>[[Muurame]]
}}
{{CentralFinland}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Toivakka| ]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1910]]


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