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Alajärven Ankkurit
Alajärven Ankkurit ( "Alajärvi Anchors") is a Finnish sports club from Alajärvi. It was founded in 1944. Alajärven Ankkurit has participated in many sports in Finland over the years, such as athletics, skiing and volleyball. Since 1980s, the club's main successes have been in pesäpallo. Alajärven Ankkurit is playing in the top-tier Superpesis. Alajärven Ankkurit has won the men's Finnish Pesäpallo Championship (Superpesis) two times in years 1988 and 1989. The home ground of Alajärven Ankkurit is the Kitro Stadium. History Alajärven Ankkurit was founded in 1944. The club operates as a general club. Besides pesäpallo, the strongest sports are athletics, skiing and orienteering. In addition to the pesäpallo players, the club's most famous athlete is Reijo Vähälä, who won the European silver medal in the high jump in 1969. Despite its small size, Ankkurit is one of the big clubs in pesäpallo. The club was long overshadowed by its local rival ''Vimpelin Veto''. In t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alajärvi
Alajärvi (; ) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The town is unilingually Finnish. The municipality of Lehtimäki was consolidated with Alajärvi on 1 January 2009. Geography The neighboring municipalities of Alajärvi are Alavus, Kuortane, Kyyjärvi, Lappajärvi, Lapua, Perho, Soini, Vimpeli and Ähtäri. Villages In 1967, Alajärvi had eight legally recognized villages ''(henkikirjakylät)'': * Alajärvi * Kurejoki * Menkijärvi * Möksy * Savonkylä * Tarvolankylä * Päällysaho * Vimpeli Economy In 2018, 11.2% of the workforce of Alajärvi worked in primary production (agriculture, forestry and fishing), 29.9% in secondary production (e.g. manufacturing, construction and infrastructure), and 57.1% in services. In 2019, the unemployment rate was 9.3%, and the share of pensioners in the population was 33.0%. (201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |