Muuruvesi is a village and a former municipality of

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at the time of its existence in the

Kuopio Province The Kuopio Province ( fi, Kuopion lääni, sv, Kuopio län, russian: Куопиоская губерния) was a province of Finland from 1831 to 1997. The province was named after its capital, city of Kuopio. History The predecessor of pro ...

, now in

Northern Savonia North Savo (or Northern Savonia; fi, Pohjois-Savo; sv, Norra Savolax) is a region in eastern Finland. It borders the regions of South Savo, Central Finland, North Ostrobothnia, Kainuu, and North Karelia. Kuopio is the largest city in the regi ...

. Together with

Säyneinen Säyneinen is a village and a former municipality of Finland at the time of its existence in the Kuopio Province, now in Northern Savonia. Together with Muuruvesi, it was consolidated with Juankoski in 1971, since 2017 part of Kuopio. Geograph ...

, it was consolidated with

Juankoski Juankoski is a former town and municipality of Finland. In March 2014, the Juankoski city council decided that the town would merge with Kuopio in the beginning of 2017. Juankoski is located in the province of Eastern Finland, part of the Northern ...

in 1971, since 2017 part of

Kuopio Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic, and cult ...

Geography

The municipality bordered Juankoski, Säyneinen,

Nilsiä Nilsiä is a former small town and a municipality of Finland. It joined the city of Kuopio at the beginning of year 2013. It is located in the Northern Savonia region. The town has a population of (31 December 2012) and covers an area of of whic ...

Kaavi Kaavi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia region. Kaavi is also a part of historical Karelia. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . It is fr ...

Tuusniemi Tuusniemi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Savo region, east of Kuopio. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is Neighbour municipalities are Heinäv ...

Riistavesi Riistavesi is a medium-sized lake in the Vuoksi main catchment area. It is located in the Northern Savonia region in Finland, close to the town of Kuopio Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savon ...

and

Siilinjärvi Siilinjärvi () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in Northern Savonia, north of the city of Kuopio, which largely surrounds Siilinjärvi. Another neighbour municipality with Kuopio is Lapinlahti. The name, in Finnish, apparently transla ...

Villages

History

Muuruvesi has existed at least since the 1620s. At the time, it was a part of the

parish. As

became a chapel community under Kuopio in 1769, Muuruvesi was became a part of it. Nilsiä became a separate parish in 1816. A division of the Nilsiä parish was ordered in 1899, splitting Muuruvesi and

Varpaisjärvi Varpaisjärvi is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the municipality of Lapinlahti on January 1, 2011. The municipality was located in the Northern Savonia region in the province of Eastern Finland. It had a population of ...

from it, however Muuruvesi only became a functional parish in 1900 and started producing its own church registers in 1908.

was transferred from Nilsiä to Muuruvesi in 1907, remaining a part of it until Juankoski became a separate parish in 1923. Together with

, Muuruvesi was consolidated with the town of Juankoski in 1971. Juankoski was later consolidated with

in 2017.

Church

The Muuruvesi church was designed by

Josef Stenbäck Josef Daniel Stenbäck (May 2, 1854, Alavus — April 27, 1929, Helsinki) was a Finnish church architect and engineer. He designed 35 churches for Finland, which until 1917 was part of the Russian Empire. Four of the churches were located in the ...

. It was finished in 1904. Renovations were done in 1962, replacing the old wood heating with electric heating.

References

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