Hartola is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality has a population of 3,740 and covers an area of 675.53 km² of which 131.66 km² is water. The population density is 5.54 inhabitants per km².

The municipality is unilingually Finnish, and is home to the Itä-Hämeen Museo , the regional museum for seven municipalities.

Since 1987, the town has billed itself as a soverign royal parish based upon a 1784 proclamation by King Gustav III of Sweden creating a new parish on the eastern border of his kingdom in honor of his son, Gustav Adolf.

External links

• Hartola town website
• Itä-Hämeen Museo