Säynätsalo is a former municipality in Finland and a part 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 ...

. As of November 2010 its population was 3,340. Säynätsalo municipality consisted of islands of Säynätsalo and Lehtisaari and also a part of

Muuratsalo Muuratsalo is an island in lake Päijänne, Finland. The northern part of the island belongs to Jyväskylä and the southern part to Muurame. It is located south from the Jyväskylä city centre and east from Muurame. There are 800 inhabitan ...

island. All of the islands are located on the

Lake Päijänne Lake Päijänne () is the second largest lake in Finland (). The lake drains into the Gulf of Finland via the Kymi River. The major islands are from north to south Vuoritsalo, Muuratsalo, Onkisalo, Judinsalo, Edessalo, Taivassalo, Haukkas ...

. Also a small slice of land on the continent was part of the municipality. Säynätsalo is famous for

Säynätsalo Town Hall The Säynätsalo Town Hall () is a multifunction building complex, consisting of two main buildings organised around a central courtyard: a U-shaped council chamber and town hall with administrative offices, and a community library with flats. Th ...

Name

The name ''Säynätsalo'' originally referred to the main island, which gets its name from ''säynäs'' meaning " ide" and ''salo'' meaning "island". Another municipality named after the ide was

Säyneinen Säyneinen is a village and a List of former municipalities of Finland, former municipality of Finland at the time of its existence in the Kuopio Province, now in Northern Savonia. Together with Muuruvesi, it was consolidated with Juankoski in 197 ...

Northern Savonia North Savo (or Northern Savonia; ; ) is a Regions of Finland, region in eastern Finland. It borders the regions of South Savo, Central Finland, North Ostrobothnia, Kainuu, and North Karelia. Kuopio is the largest city in the region and Kallavesi, ...

History

The island of Säynätsalo was first mentioned in 1782 as ''Säynet Salo''. At this time, it was an uninhabited island within the parish of

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 makes it the second most populous town of the Central Finland after ...

. The

Korpilahti Korpilahti is a former municipality of Finland. Together with Jyväskylän maalaiskunta, Korpilahti was consolidated with Jyväskylä on January 1, 2009. It is located in the former province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finla ...

parish, including Säynätsalo, was split off from Jämsä in 1861. The businessman Johan Parviainen bought the island in 1897 and built a sawmill there in the next year. Later in 1914, he built a plywood factory. The municipality of

Muurame Muurame is a Municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland, located south-west of Jyväskylä, the regional capital of Central Finland. Muurame itself is located between two lakes, Lake Päijänne and Lake Muuratjärvi. These two lakes are c ...

split off from Korpilahti in 1921. The idea of a separate Säynätsalo municipality appeared in 1922 and the island became its own municipality in 1924.

Lehtisaari Lehtisaari may refer to several places in Finland: *Lehtisaari, Helsinki, neighbourhood in Helsinki * Lehtisaari, Jyväskylä, district and neighborhood in Jyväskylä Jyväskylä () is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Central Finlan ...

and the northern part of

were added to it in 1935. More land on Muuratsalo was transferred from Muurame to Säynätsalo in 1960 and later in 1980. Säynätsalo became a part of the town of Jyväskylä in 1993.

Gallery

File:Säynätsalo Church 20090517.jpg,

Säynätsalo Church Säynätsalo is a former municipality in Finland and a part of Jyväskylä. As of November 2010 its population was 3,340. Säynätsalo municipality consisted of islands of Säynätsalo and Lehtisaari and also a part of Muuratsalo island. All of t ...

File:SaynatsaloTownHall4.jpg,

File:RainbowSaynatsalo.jpg, A view from Säynätsalo Bridge towards

Kinkomaa Kinkomaa is an urban area in Muurame, Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia t ...

File:Säynätsalo - Parviaisentie 5.jpg, A house in Säynätsalo File:Säynätsalo - Parviaisentie 3.jpg, Säynätsalo Centre File:Louhunsalmen silta 3.jpg, Louhunsalmi Suspension Bridge File:Teollisuustalo, Saynatsalo 2.jpg, Teollisuustalo File:SaynatsaloHarbor.jpg, Säynätsalo harbor File:Jyväskylän vaneritehdas 3.jpg, Plywood Factory

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* Neighbourhoods of Jyväskylä Former municipalities of Finland Lake islands of Finland {{WesternFinland-geo-stub