Längelmäki is a former municipality of

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. Längelmäki was divided in 2007 between

Jämsä Jämsä () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region, about southwest of Jyväskylä. The municipality has a population of (), which make it the second largest town of the Central Finland after Jyväsk ...

and

Orivesi Orivesi () is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality official language is monoling ...

. Längelmäki is situated by the lake Längelmävesi, from which it has got also its name. The administrative center of Längelmäki was the village of Länkipohja. Its western parts are now part of the

Pirkanmaa Pirkanmaa (; sv, Birkaland; la, Birkaria, link=no), also known as ''Tampere Region'' in government documents, is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, South Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Päijät-Häme, Kanta-Häme an ...

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and the eastern part are part of the

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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

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History

Längelmäki was first mentioned in 1506. At the time it was called ''Längelmä'' and it was a part of the

parish. In 1640, Längelmäki became a separate parish. The church was built in the village of Karvia, but Länkipohja, 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 Ku ...

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