Uurainen ( sv, Uurainen, also ) is a

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. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The

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History

The first settler of Uurainen was Paavo Minkkinen, who in 1548 established a farm named ''Salmela'' in this area. The name ''Uurainen'' is derived from the lakes Iso-Uurainen and Pieni-Uurainen. Uurainen was originally a part of the parish of

. It was mentioned in 1741 under the Swedish name ''Uhrais''. The area got its own chapel in 1801 and was variously called ''Uurainen, Kuukkajärvi, Kuukka'' and ''Minkkilä''. The reason for the multiple names was caused by the fact that the vicarage (''pappila'') was located in the village of Uurainen while the church was located in the village of Kuukkajärvi on the lands of the Minkkilä farm. Uurainen became a separate parish in 1887.

Nature

There are all together 125 lakes in Uurainen. Biggest lakes are Kyynämöinen, Sääkspää and Iso-Uurainen.

Gallery

File:Finnish lake summertime.jpg, Lake Kuorejärvi File:Uuraisten kirkon tapuli.jpg, The belfry of the Uurainen Church

References

External links

Municipality of Uurainen
– Official website Populated places established in 1868 {{WesternFinland-geo-stub