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Saarijärvi
Saarijärvi () is a List of cities and towns in Finland, town and municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland located in the Central Finland regions of Finland, region. The municipality has a population of , as of , and covers an area of of which , or 12%, is water. The population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are Kannonkoski, Karstula, Multia, Finland, Multia, Soini, Finland, Soini, Uurainen, Ähtäri and Äänekoski. The municipality is unilingually Finnish language, Finnish. The neighboring municipality of Pylkönmäki was merged with the Saarijärvi municipality on 1 January 2009. There are 241 lakes in Saarijärvi altogether. The biggest lakes are Pyhäjärvi (Saarijärvi), Pyhäjärvi, Summanen and Lake Saarijärvi. Saarijärvi is the home of the peasant ''Bonden Paavo'' (), who persists through hardship and adversity, in the poem by Johan Ludvig Runeberg. Juho Hyytiäinen, the great grandfather of Pamela Anderson, left the village in 1908, emigrating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Finland
Central Finland (; ) is a Regions of Finland, region ( / ) in Finland. It borders the regions of Päijät-Häme, Pirkanmaa, South Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, North Ostrobothnia, Northern Savonia, North Savo, and Southern Savonia, South Savo. The city of Jyväskylä is the regional centre and by far the largest city in the area. Central Finland lies slightly south of the geographical centre of Finland. The landscape is hilly and a large part of the province belongs to the Finnish Lakeland. The largest lake in the very water-based region is Lake Päijänne (1,080 km2). Other large lakes are Lake Keitele (490 km2), Lake Konnevesi (190 km2) and Lake Kivijärvi (Central Finland), Lake Kivijärvi (150 km2). The highest point in the region is Kiiskilänmäki in the municipality of Multia, Finland, Multia, which reaches an altitude of 269 meters above sea level. Kuokanjoki, Finland's shortest river and one of the world's shortest rivers is in the region. Central Finland has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Saarijärvi
Lake Saarijärvi is a medium-sized lake in Central Finland. Saarijärvi is a very common name of a lake in Finnish. There are 198 lakes with this name in Finland. Jarviwiki. Retrieved 2014-03-01. The biggest of them is located in municipality.Saarijärvi in the Jarviwiki Web Service Retrieved 2014-03-01. The municipality is located between two lakes, Saarijärvi and |
Konginkangas
Konginkangas is a settlement and former municipality of Finland in the Central Finland region. It was consolidated with Äänekoski in 1993. The municipality bordered Äänekoski, Saarijärvi, Kannonkoski, Viitasaari, Vesanto, Konnevesi and Sumiainen. Until 1969, it bordered Äänekosken maalaiskunta instead of Äänekoski. The national road 4 goes through Konginkangas and the distance between Äänekoski proper and Konginkangas is about 20 km. Geography Villages *Konginkangas or Konginkankaan kirkonkylä *Riihilahti (~10 permanently inhabited houses) *Liimattala (~400 residents) *Laajaranta (~50 houses) *Räihä *Kalaniemi The area of the former municipality also has many summer houses. Lakes Konginkangas is located by the large lake Keitele. Smaller lakes include Rahkojärvi, Särkilampi, Ahvenlampi and Lekojärvi. History Name Konginkangas is named after the oldest farm in the area, named after the nearby terrain (''kangas'', a type of forest). The ''kong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saarijärvi-Viitasaari Sub-region
Saarijärvi-Viitasaari sub-region is a subdivision of Central Finland and one of the Sub-regions of Finland since 2009. Municipalities Saarijärvi area *Kannonkoski * Karstula *Kivijärvi * Kyyjärvi *Saarijärvi Viitasaari area *Kinnula *Pihtipudas *Viitasaari Politics Results of the 2018 Finnish presidential election: * Sauli Niinistö 60.9% * Matti Vanhanen 10.7% * Paavo Väyrynen 9.2% * Laura Huhtasaari 6.9% * Pekka Haavisto 5.9% * Tuula Haatainen 4.0% * Merja Kyllönen 2.2% * Nils Torvalds Nils Ole Hilmer Torvalds (born 7 August 1945) is a Finnish politician who had been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2012 to 2024. He is a member of the Swedish People's Party of Finland, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democra ... 0.3% Sub-regions of Finland Geography of Central Finland {{WesternFinland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyhäjärvi (Saarijärvi)
Pyhäjärvi (Saarijärvi) is a medium-sized lake of Central Finland, located in the northern side of Saarijärvi municipality's center. It belongs to Kymijoki mean catchment area. Pyhäjärvi (meaning: Holy lake) is very common name in Finland. There are 39 lakes with the same name. Retrieved 2014-02-28. . See also *List of lakes in Finland
Most lakes in Finland are small, but there are 309 lakes or reservoirs with a surface area larger than 10 km². There are about 5,600 lakes in Finland that are larger than 0.1 km² (10 hectares or 100'000 square metres), and 187,888 lak ...
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Karstula
Karstula is a municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland founded in 1867. It is located in the Central Finland regions of Finland, region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are Kannonkoski, Kivijärvi, Kyyjärvi, Saarijärvi and Soini, Finland, Soini. There are all together 159 lakes in Karstula, the biggest lakes being Pääjärvi (Karstula), Pääjärvi, Enonjärvi and Vahanka. History The name of Karstula is likely derived from the Savonian people, Savonian surname ''Karstunen'', encountered around Ristiina since 1541. First records of the surname in Northern Tavastia (historical province), Tavastia (modern Central Finland) are from the 18th century. Karstula was initially a part of the Saarijärvi parish, acquiring chapel rights in 1775 under it. Karstula was allowed to become a separate parish and municipality in 1858, but separated later in 1887. Kyyjärvi w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannonkoski
Kannonkoski is a Finnish municipality located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which , or 19%, is water. The population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are Karstula, Kivijärvi, Saarijärvi, Viitasaari and Äänekoski. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. History Kannonkoski as a settlement name is very new, originally only referring to the rapids which connect the lake Kannonjärvi to the lake Kivijärvi. The toponym ''kannonn Maa'' was mentioned in 1552, referring to hunting grounds of the people of Sysmä in this area. The people of Pälkäne also had hunting grounds around the rapids and the name ''Kannonkoski'' may be derived from ''Kantokylä'', a village in Pälkäne. By 1558 the area had got permanent Savonian settlers, who established the village of ''Kantojärvi'' (transcribed as ''Kandoijerffuij''). Rautalampi, including this area, became a separate parish in 1561. Viitasaari was sepa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pylkönmäki
Pylkönmäki is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated to Saarijärvi on 1 January 2009. It is located in the Central Finland region. 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 Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (other), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ... was 2.65 inhabitants per km2. The municipality was unilingually Finnish. 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 villag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uurainen
Uurainen (, also ) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which , or roughly 6.5%, is water. The population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are Jyväskylä, Laukaa, Multia, Petäjävesi, Saarijärvi and Äänekoski. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Etymology The name ''Uurainen'' is derived from the lakes Iso-Uurainen and Pieni-Uurainen. The root word for these lake names is most likely ''uuro'', a dialectal word meaning "riverbed", referring to the Takapuro river between the two lakes, as it has been a strait in the past. Uurainen is also the name of a register village in the municipality. Geography Lakes There are all together 125 lakes in Uurainen. The biggest lakes are Kyynämöinen, Sääkspää and Iso-Uurainen. Villages Settlements:Kuukan kappelista nykypäivään, pages 26-27. Register villages: *Kuukkajärvi *Uurainen * Kangashäkki * H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyyjärvi
Kyyjärvi (; ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region, about northwest of Jyväskylä. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Neighbouring municipalities are Alajärvi, Karstula, Kivijärvi, Perho and Soini. The municipality centre is located on the shores of Lake Kyyjärvi. Little villages Hokkala, Koskimäki-Huhtala, Kumpula, Noposenaho, Hokkasenaho, Nurmijoki, Oikari, Peuralinna, Pölkki, Saunakylä and Vehkaperä are living mostly from primary production (farming and forestry). Due to its location on the crossroads of two main Finnish roads ''( Valtatie 13 and 16)'' the municipality has also a remarkable number of services and little companies compared to its size. Etymology The origin of the name of Kyyjärvi is unknown but there are few theories of it. The first part of the name, "''kyy''", is Finnish word f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Äänekoski
Äänekoski () is a town in Finland, located in the Central Finland regions of Finland, region, about north of Jyväskylä, the region's capital city. Äänekoski has a population of , as of , and covers an area of of which , or 22%, is water. The population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are Kannonkoski, Konnevesi, Laukaa, Saarijärvi, Uurainen, Vesanto and Viitasaari. The municipality is unilingually Finnish language, Finnish. The municipality of Äänekosken maalaiskunta was consolidated to Äänekoski in 1969 and the municipality of Konginkangas in 1993. The municipalities of Sumiainen and Suolahti were consolidated to Äänekoski in 2007. History Äänekoski is named after the nearby rapids. Folk etymology connects the name to the word ''ääni'' "sound", but Terho Itkonen has suggested another origin: a Sámi languages, Sámi term meaning "big, large" (compare Northern Sámi ''eanas'', "most"). Swedish sources mention a salmon fishery by the rapids around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soini, Finland
Soini is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are Alajärvi, Karstula, Kyyjärvi, Saarijärvi and Ähtäri. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. History The name is derived from the male name ''Soini'', a Finnish variant of the Scandinavian name ''Sven''. The village was first mentioned in 1754 as a part of the Alajärvi parish. Soini gained a chapel in 1784 and a church in 1859. It was fully separated from Alajärvi in 1895. Soini originally had a Swedish name, ''Konungsåby'', which referred to the river Kuninkaanjoki. People born in Soini * Aukusti Mäenpää (1891 – 1933) *Eino Uusitalo (1924 – 2015) * Pekka Pesola (1925 – 2009) *Jorma Huuhtanen (1945 – ) *Aulis Akonniemi (1958 – ) *Merja Korpela (1981 – ) *Noora Hautakangas Noora Hautakangas (born 22 March 1984, in Soini) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
