Konnevesi is a
municipality
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of
Finland
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. It is located in the former
province
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of
Western Finland
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and is part of the
Central Finland
Central Finland ( fi, Keski-Suomi; sv, Mellersta Finland) is a Regions of Finland, region ( / ) in Finland. It borders the regions of Päijät-Häme, Pirkanmaa, South Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, North Ostrobothnia, Northern Savonia, No ...
region
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. The municipality has a population of ()
and covers an area of of which is water.
Neighbouring municipalities are
Hankasalmi
Hankasalmi is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of
() and covers an area of of
which
is water. The population density is
.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Han ...
,
Laukaa
Laukaa (; sv, Laukas) is a municipality of Finland. It is located next to Jyväskylä and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
The ...
,
Rautalampi
Rautalampi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Neigh ...
,
Vesanto
Vesanto is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
Neighbour municipalities are Keitele, Konnevesi, ...
and
Äänekoski
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is water. The population density is .
Neighbouring municipalities ...
. The municipality is unilingually
Finnish
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See also ...
.
There are all together exactly 100 lakes in Konnevesi. The biggest lakes are
Keitele
Keitele is a municipality of Finland.
It is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
Neighbour municipalities are Pielavesi, Pihtipudas, ...
,
Lake Konnevesi
Konnevesi is a lake in Finland. Konnevesi is a rather large lake in the Kymijoki main catchment area. It is located in the regions Pohjois-Savo and Keski-Suomi. There is a plan (year 2014) to establish a new National Park
A national par ...
and
Liesvesi. The
population density
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is .
The logging tongs appearing in Konnevesi's
coat of arms
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refer to local
forestry
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. The coat of arms was designed by
Gustaf von Numers
Gustaf von Numers (31 July 1912 – 21 May 1978) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish civil servant and leading heraldic artist.
Life
Gustaf von Numers studied heraldry in the 1930s under Arvid Berghman and was considered one of the leading Fin ...
, and the Konnevesi municipal council approved it in its meetings on April 23, 1964. The
Ministry of the Interior
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approved the coat of arms for use on August 21 of the same year.
History
Konnevesi was first mentioned in 1554 as ''Konnevessij äremarch''. The name is derived from the
lake Konnevesi
Konnevesi is a lake in Finland. Konnevesi is a rather large lake in the Kymijoki main catchment area. It is located in the regions Pohjois-Savo and Keski-Suomi. There is a plan (year 2014) to establish a new National Park
A national par ...
, which in turn likely got its name from a
Sámic word meaning "deer" (reconstructed
proto-Sámic ''*kontē'').
Konnevesi became a separate parish from Rautalampi in 1919 and a separate municipality in 1922.
Villages
* Hänniskylä
* Hytölä
* Istunmäki
* Kärkkäiskylä (l. Kirkonkylä)
* Lummukka
* Mäkäräniemi
* Pukara
* Pyhälahti
* Rossinkylä
* Siikakoski
* Sirkkamäki
* Särkisalo
* Lahdenkylä
* Pyydyskylä (l.Välimäki)
* Leskelänkylä
* Jouhtikylä
* Tankolampi
Dialect
The dialect of Konnevesi is a
Savonian dialect. The dialect is transitional between the Central Finnish and
Northern Savonian subgroups, with the speech of the western villages having more Central Finnish features while the speech in the eastern villages (such as Mäkäräniemi) is closer to the Northern Savonian dialects.
Notable individuals
*
Juha Karjalainen, former soccer player
*
Miika Lahti, ice hockey player
Gallery
File:Konneveden kirkko.JPG, Konnevesi Church
File:Konneveden museo Tuulimylly.JPG, A windmill at Konnevesi Museum
File:Järvinäkymä Konnevesi Pyhälahti.jpg, Lake Keitele
Keitele is a large lake located in Central Finland. With the area of 493.59 km2 it is the 9th largest lake in the country. The lake is divided into three regions, Ylä-, Keski-, and Ala-Keitele, of which Keski-Keitele is the largest. Water in ...
in Konnevesi
File:Konnevesi Siikakoski Helmikuussa.JPG, Siikakoski rapid
File:Neiturin kanava.JPG, Neituri canal
See also
*
Finnish national road 69
References
External links
Municipality of Konnevesi– Official website
Populated places established in 1922
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