Pylkönmäki is a
former municipality of
Finland
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. It was consolidated to
Saarijärvi
Saarijärvi () is a town and 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
.
Neighbouring municipalities are ...
on 1 January 2009.
It is located in the
Central Finland
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region
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. The municipality had a population of 975 (2006) and covered an area of 392.61 km² of which 24.58 km² is water. The
population density
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was 2.65 inhabitants per km².
The municipality was unilingually
Finnish
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* 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 ...
.
Villages
*Pylkönmäen kirkonkylä
*Kukko
*Kuoppala
*Mahlu
*Paajala
*Puolimatka
*Mulikka
*Pajumäki
*Soidinmäki
*Vihanti
*Pääjärvi
History
Pylkönmäki was first mentioned in 1788, at the time referring to a farm in the village of Paajala. It is named after Antti Pylkkänen (or Pylkkinen), who moved from
Tavastia into the Karanka wilderness, where the village of Paajala would later appear.
The area was originally a part of Saarijärvi. In 1858 its inhabitants requested the establishment of a chapel in the settlement of Pylkönmäki, which is located between the villages of Paajala and Kukko. The Finnish senate decided that Pylkönmäki should become a separate parish and municipality in 1898, but the change only happened later in 1914.
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Populated places disestablished in 2009
2009 disestablishments in Finland
Former municipalities of Finland
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