title: Municipalities of Central Finland
text: # Municipalities of Central Finland
  
  The 23 municipalities of the Central Finland Region (Finnish: Keski-Suomi; Swedish: Mellersta Finland) in Finland are divided on six sub-regions.
  
  ## Äänekoski sub-region
  
  * Äänekoski (former arms: )
  * Konnevesi
  
  ## Jämsä sub-region
  
  * Jämsä (former arms: )
  
  ## Joutsa sub-region
  
  * Joutsa
  * Luhanka
  
  ## Jyväskylä sub-region
  
  * Hankasalmi
  * Jyväskylä
  * Laukaa (Laukas)
  * Muurame
  * Petäjävesi
  * Toivakka
  * Uurainen
  
  ## Keuruu sub-region
  
  * Keuruu (Keuru)
  * Multia
  
  ## Saarijärvi-Viitasaari sub-region
  
  * Kannonkoski
  * Karstula
  * Kivijärvi
  * Kyyjärvi
  * Saarijärvi
  * Kinnula
  * Pihtipudas
  * Viitasaari
  
  ## Former municipalities
  
  * Äänekosken maalaiskunta (to Äänekoski in 1969)
  * Koskenpää (to Jämsänkoski in 1969)
  * Pihlajavesi (to Keuruu in 1969)
  * Konginkangas (to Äänekoski in 1993)
  * Säynätsalo (to Jyväskylä in 1993)
  * Sumiainen (to Äänekoski in 2007)
  * Suolahti (to Äänekoski in 2007)
  * Leivonmäki (to Joutsa in 2008)
  * Jämsänkoski (to Jämsä in 2009)
  * Jyväskylän maalaiskunta (to Jyväskylä in 2009)
  * Korpilahti (to Jyväskylä in 2009)
  * Pylkönmäki (to Saarijärvi in 2009)
  
  Kuhmoinen was moved to the Pirkanmaa region in 2021.
  
  The following municipalities were not in Central Finland, but were merged into Central Finnish municipalities:
  
  * Kuorevesi (to Jämsä in 2001)
  * Längelmäki (partially to Jämsä in 2007)
  