Vaajakoski-Jyskä is a ward of

Jyväskylä Jyväskylä () is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Central Finland. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Jyväskylä is approximately , while the Jyväskylä sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately ...

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. It is located seven kilometres from the city centre on both sides of

Vaajavirta The Vaajanvirta, also spelled as Vaajavirta, is a long river in the Vaajakoski area of Jyväskylä, Finland. It begins from the lake Leppävesi and discharges into Lake Päijänne. The river's basin has a surface area of , which includes many maj ...

river on the Northern end of lake Päijänne and on the Western end of Lake

Leppävesi Leppävesi is the 65th (63.59 km2) largest lake of Finland in municipalities Jyväskylä, Laukaa and Toivakka in Central Finland. It is quite a narrow but long lake in the south-north direction with a surface area of 63.59 km². It flows to ...

. As of July 2011 the population of Vaajakoski-Jyskä was 14.588. Before 2009 Vaajakoski-Jyskä belonged to

Jyväskylän maalaiskunta Jyväskylän maalaiskunta (), 'The Rural Municipality of Jyväskylä' is a List of former municipalities of Finland, former municipality of Finland. Together with Korpilahti, Jyväskylän maalaiskunta was consolidated with Jyväskylä on 1 Janua ...

. In spoken language the name Vaajakoski is used to describe big parts of Vaajakoski-Jyskä ward. The Vaajakoski-Jyskä ward is divided into 12 different neighbourhoods.

Population of neighbourhoods of Vaajakoski-Jyskä in 2007

Gallery

File:Naissaari talvella 2.JPG, Naissaari, Vaajakoski File:Kakaravaara.JPG, Semi-detached houses of Kakaravaara in Northern Vaajakoski File:Highland cattle.jpg, A highland cattle at Ysitien Lemmikki Zoo in Leppälahti File:Panda factory.jpg, Panda candy factory in Vaajakoski File:Vaajakoski motorway.jpg, Vaajakoski Motorway File:Vaajakosken koulu3.jpg , Vaajakoski Junior Highschool File:Vaajakosken kirkko 1.JPG , Interior of Vaajakoski Lutheran Church File:Vaajakoski railway station.jpg, Vaajakoski Railway Station File:Vanha voimala 3.JPG, Vaajakoski Old Power Station File:Wessmanninmäki 2.jpg, Wesmanninmäki

References

External links

Wessmanni, a local Newspaper in Vaajakoski

Panda candy factory in Vaajakoski
Neighbourhoods of Jyväskylä {{WesternFinland-geo-stub fi:Vaajakoski