Sysmä
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Sysmä ( ) is a municipality of Finland. It is situated in the Päijät-Häme region. The municipality has a population of ( ) and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are Asikkala, Hartola, Heinola, Kuhmoinen, Luhanka, and Padasjoki. The municipality speaks Finnish. The newspaper Itä-Häme is established in Sysmä. According to historians, the word sysmä means either a "dark forest" or an "uninhabited wilderness." Sysmä is also the name of a lake in Joroinen and another lake in Ilomantsi.
Sysmä ( ) is a municipality of Finland. It is situated in the Päijät-Häme region. The municipality has a population of ( ) and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are Asikkala, Hartola, Heinola, Kuhmoinen, Luhanka, and Padasjoki. The municipality speaks Finnish. The newspaper Itä-Häme is established in Sysmä. According to historians, the word sysmä means either a "dark forest" or an "uninhabited wilderness." Sysmä is also the name of a lake in Joroinen and another lake in Ilomantsi. ==Population== Sysmä has suffered chronic, steady population decline over the last 50 years. It has many alternative homes, used principally as holiday homes. ==Villages== Joutsjärvi, Karilanmaa, Kinnarila, Koivisto, Liikola, Nikkaroinen, Nuoramoinen, Onkiniemi, Otamo, Rapala, Ravioskorpi, Taipale, Unaja, Valittula, and Vintturi. ==Attractions== Many summer events are held in Sysmä during which the population could even triple seasonally. One of the most popular events is called Sysmän suvisoitto. Kammiovuori mountain where is seven meters high glacial erratic Sysmän Linta Another glacial erratic in Sysmä is Onkiniemen liikkuva kivi. ==Notable people== Pekka Streng, musician Olavi Virta, singer Lauri Rapala, founder of Rapala Onni Schildt, politician Ernst Tandefelt, Swedo-Finnish nobleman and assassin ==References== ==External links== Municipality of Sysmä – Official website Sysmä's Prehistory
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