Juupajoki is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
. It is located in the
Pirkanmaa
Pirkanmaa (; sv, Birkaland; la, Birkaria, link=no), also known as ''Tampere Region'' in government documents, is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, South Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Päijät-Häme, Kanta-Häme and Sou ...
region
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. The municipality has a population of (),
which makes it the smallest municipality in Pirkanmaa in terms of population. It covers an area of of which is water.
The
population density
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is .
Korkeakoski is the administrative center of the municipality.
Juupajoen kylät
(in Finnish)
Neighbouring municipalities are Jämsä
Jämsä () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region, about southwest of Jyväskylä. The municipality has a population of (), which make it the second largest town of the Central Finland after Jyväskyl ...
, Mänttä-Vilppula
Mänttä-Vilppula ( sv, Mänttä-Vilppula, also ) is a town and municipality of Finland. The municipalities of Mänttä and Vilppula were consolidated into a single municipality on January 1, 2009. It is located in the Pirkanmaa region.
The town h ...
, Orivesi
Orivesi () is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality official language is monoling ...
and Ruovesi
Ruovesi is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
Neighbouring municipalities are Juupajoki, Mänttä-Vilpp ...
. The city of Tampere
Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...
is located southwest of Juupajoki.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish
Finnish may refer to:
* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
.
People
* Kauko Helovirta
Kauko Kustaa Helovirta (Hellström, 21 October 1924, Juupajoki – 13 September 1997, Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish film actor.
Helovirta entered film in 1950 and made about 40 Finnish films between then and 1995.
Helovirta starred in the ...
(1924–1997)
* Jaakko Syrjä
Jaakko Syrjä (7 March 1926 – 22 May 2022) was a Finnish writer. He served as the president of the Union of Finnish Writers from 1975 to 1980.
Biography
Syrjä was born in Pälkäne, the son of Martta née Niemiö and Juho Nestori Syrjä, w ...
(1926–2022)
Gallery
File:Juupajoen kunnanvirasto.jpg, Borough hall of Juupajoki
File:Korkeakosken vanha kenkätehdas, Juupajoki.JPG, Korkeakoski's old shoe factory at Juupajoki
File:Korkeakoski - alajuoksu.jpg, Korkeakoski River
See also
* Finnish national road 58
The Finnish national road 58 ( fi, Kantatie 58; sv, Stamväg 58) is the main road from Kangasala to Kärsämäki via Orivesi, Jämsä, Keuruu, Karstula, Kinnula and Haapajärvi. The road is also called Suomenselkätie and has been marketed as a ...
References
External links
Municipality of Juupajoki
– Official website
Municipalities of Pirkanmaa
Populated places established in 1913
1913 establishments in Finland
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