Rutalahti is a village in

Leivonmäki Leivonmäki is a former municipality of Finland in the Central Finland region. It became a part of Joutsa in 2008. It is located south-east from Jyväskylä. It is known for its marshy grounds and its national park. The municipality was uni ...

, since 2008 a part of the municipality of

Joutsa Joutsa is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. Jyväskylä is located about north of the Joutsa municipality. The municipality has a population of () and covers an ...

Central Finland Central Finland ( fi, Keski-Suomi; sv, Mellersta Finland) is a region ( / ) in Finland. It borders the regions of Päijät-Häme, Pirkanmaa, South Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, North Ostrobothnia, North Savo, and South Savo. The city o ...

. The distance to

Jyväskylä Jyväskylä () is a city and municipality in Finland in the western part of the Finnish Lakeland. It is located about 150 km north-east from Tampere, the third largest city in Finland; and about 270 km north from Helsinki, the capital of ...

is 40 km. The countryside festival ''Suo Anteeks'' has been organized two times, 2005 and 2009.

Geography

Rutalahti is located in the far western part of the old Leivonmäki municipality, close to the borders with

Toivakka Toivakka is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region, near Jyväskylä. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually ...

and

Korpilahti Korpilahti is a former municipality of Finland. Together with Jyväskylän maalaiskunta, Korpilahti was consolidated with Jyväskylä on January 1, 2009. It is located in the former province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland ...

(since 2009 part of

). The village is located by the Päijänne and one of its bays, also called ''Rutalahti'', however the bay is mostly within the territory of Toivakka and Korpilahti.

History

Rutalahti is named after the Rutalahti bay of Päijänne, originally held by the people of

Sääksmäki Sääksmäki is a village and a former municipality, currently part of Valkeakoski in the Pirkanmaa region of Western Finland. A past president of Finland, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, the Finnish film producer and director Veikko Aaltonen, eminent Fin ...

as hunting grounds. As a village, Rutalahti was first mentioned in the 1540s.

References

External links

Rutalahden kylä
– Official homepages of Rutalahti Joutsa Villages in Finland {{WesternFinland-geo-stub