# Juva
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{{About|the municipality|the surname|Juva (surname)}}
{{expand Finnish|date=June 2023|topic=geo}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Juva
| official_name = {{lang|fi|Juvan kunta}}
{{lang|sv|Juva kommun}}
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = Church of Juva 1 AB.jpg
| image_caption = Juva Church
| image_shield = Juva.vaakuna.svg
| shield_size = 120x80px
| image_map = Juva sijainti Suomi.svg
| map_caption = Location of Juva in [Finland](/source/Finland)
|coordinates = {{coord|61|54|N|027|51|E|display=inline,title}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-marker = town
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}
| subdivision_type1 = [Region](/source/Regions_of_Finland)
| subdivision_name1 = [South Savo](/source/South_Savo)
| subdivision_type2 = [Sub-region](/source/Sub-regions_of_Finland)
| subdivision_name2 = [Pieksämäki](/source/Pieks%C3%A4m%C3%A4ki_sub-region)
| leader_title = Municipal manager
| leader_name = Mervi Simoska
| established_title = [Parish](/source/Parish)
| established_date = 1442-01-19
| established_title2 = [Municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Finland)
| established_date2 = 1868
|area_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|area_footnotes|Juva}}
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|area_rank = {{Data Finland municipality|area_rank|Juva}}
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|blank_name = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_name|Juva}}
|blank_info = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_info|Juva}}
|timezone = [EET](/source/Eastern_European_Time)
|utc_offset = +02:00
|timezone_DST = [EEST](/source/Eastern_European_Summer_Time)
|utc_offset_DST = +03:00
| website = {{Official URL}}
}}
'''Juva''' ({{langx|sv|Juva}}, also {{lang|sv|Jockas}}) is a [municipality](/source/municipalities_of_Finland) of [Finland](/source/Finland). It is located in the [South Savo](/source/South_Savo) region some {{convert|270|km}} North-East of [Helsinki](/source/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](/source/Eastern_Finland), and later, several other parishes were separated from it, such as [Sääminki](/source/S%C3%A4%C3%A4minki) (present-day [Savonlinna](/source/Savonlinna)), [Kuopio](/source/Kuopio), [Iisalmi](/source/Iisalmi), [Pieksämäki](/source/Pieks%C3%A4m%C3%A4ki), [Joroinen](/source/Joroinen), [Leppävirta](/source/Lepp%C3%A4virta), [Siilinjärvi](/source/Siilinj%C3%A4rvi), [Lapinlahti](/source/Lapinlahti) and [Maaninka](/source/Maaninka). Secular municipal administration was established in 1868.[{{Cite web |url= http://www.juva.fi/index.php?id=21 |title= Pitkä historia |access-date= 7 April 2009 |last= Niiranen |first= Esko |date= 17 September 2007 |publisher= Municipality of Juva |language= fi |archive-date= 7 September 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070907072246/http://www.juva.fi/index.php?id=21 |url-status= dead }}]
Neighbouring municipalities are Joroinen, [Mikkeli](/source/Mikkeli), Pieksämäki, [Puumala](/source/Puumala), [Rantasalmi](/source/Rantasalmi) and [Sulkava](/source/Sulkava).
The municipality has a population of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Juva}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }})