Lehtisaari (sometimes spelled Lehtissaari) is a district in
Jyväskylä,
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 ...
, in the former municipality of
Säynätsalo
Säynätsalo is a former municipality in Finland and a part of Jyväskylä. As of November 2010 its population was 3,340. Säynätsalo municipality consisted of islands of Säynätsalo and Lehtisaari and also a part of Muuratsalo island. All of t ...
on an island on
Lake Päijänne. Its district number is 32 and has been named after the island of
Lehtissaari. The area of the district is 0.7 square kilometres. The district is connected to the island of
Säynätsalo by the
Louhunsalmi bridge and to
Muuratsalo by the
Lemmensilta bridge. The terrain of Lehtisaari resembles that of the island of Säynätsalo but the surface varies more.
History
Lehtisaari or Lehtissaari was a part of
Jämsä until 1861, when
Korpilahti became its own parish. In 1921, the island was transferred to the new
Muurame municipality. While
Säynätsalo
Säynätsalo is a former municipality in Finland and a part of Jyväskylä. As of November 2010 its population was 3,340. Säynätsalo municipality consisted of islands of Säynätsalo and Lehtisaari and also a part of Muuratsalo island. All of t ...
was separated from Muurame in 1924, Lehtisaari only became a part of it in 1935. Lehtisaari became a district of
Jyväskylä in 1993 when the Säynätsalo municipality was merged into Jyväskylä.
References
Neighbourhoods of Jyväskylä
Lake islands of Finland
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