Längelmäki is a former municipality 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 ...

. Längelmäki was divided in 2007 between Jämsä and Orivesi. Längelmäki is situated by the lake

Längelmävesi Längelmävesi () is a lake in southwestern Finland. The lake is located mostly in the Pirkanmaa region at an elevation of . Längelmävesi is within the municipalities of Jämsä (formerly Längelmäki), Kangasala (formerly Sahalahti), Kuhmalah ...

, from which it has got also its name. The administrative center of Längelmäki was the village of

Länkipohja Länkipohja () is a locality in Jämsä, Finland, located by the lake Längelmävesi. It was the administrative center of the municipality of Längelmäki, which was divided between Jämsä and Orivesi in 2007. History The village of Länkipohja ...

. Its western parts are now part of the Pirkanmaa

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and the eastern part are part of the Central Finland region. The municipality had a population of 1,734 (2003) and covered an area of 496,88 km² of which 73,33 km² was water (2006). The

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was 3.5 inhabitants per km². The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

History

Längelmäki was first mentioned in 1506. At the time it was called ''Längelmä'' and it was a part of the Orivesi parish. In 1640, Längelmäki became a separate parish. The church was built in the village of Karvia, but

, originally called ''Längelmäpohja'', was a more significant village. The name ''Längelmä'' was still occasionally used for the parish until the 20th century.

Kuorevesi Kuorevesi is a former municipality in Finland. It was part of the Pirkanmaa region in western Finland. In the year 2001 it was consolidated into the town of Jämsä in the Central Finland region. The name of the municipality came from the Lake Kuo ...

was a part of Längelmäki until 1873. In 2007, Längelmäki was divided between Orivesi and Jämsä.

References

Populated places disestablished in 2007 Former municipalities of Finland Orivesi Jämsä {{WesternFinland-geo-stub