Hoho, Finland
village in Laukaa, Keski-Suomi, Finland
Hoho is a village in the municipality of Laukaa in Keski-Suomi, Finland, southeast of the Lievestuore urban area. It is located near the municipal borders of Hankasalmi and Toivakka. As of 31 December 2020, the statistical area of Hoho had a population of 186.
The lake Lapinjärvi, which discharges into lake Lievestuoreenjärvi via the river Hohonjoki, is located in Hoho. The lake, surrounded by some 30 hectares (74 acres) of marshland, is an important nesting site for waterbirds and shorebirds. Lapinjärvi forms a Natura 2000 site together with Teerikangas, an old growth spruce forest.
Hoho had its own school from 1935 until 2001.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Hoho, Finland” as village in Laukaa, Keski-Suomi, Finland. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Laukaa, Keski-Suomi, Finland. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q11863505. Authority coordinates are 62.237, 26.266. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 2000, 1935 and 2001.
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This entry incorporates text from “Hoho, Finland” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.