Muurame is a municipality of Finland, located 16 kilometres (10 mi) south-west of Jyväskylä. Muurame itself is located between two lakes, Lake Päijänne and Lake Muuratjärvi. These two lakes are connected to each other via River Muurame. All together there are 37 lakes in Muurame. Biggest lakes beside Päijänne are Muuratjärvi and Lake Kuusjärvi.[6] River Muurame streams through the population center of Muurame. Muurame was founded in 1921.
Muurame | |
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Municipality | |
| Muuramen kunta Muurame kommun | |
 Muurame church, designed by Alvar Aalto | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Muurame in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 62°08′N 025°40.5′E / 62.133°N 25.6750°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Central Finland |
| Sub-region | Jyväskylä sub-region |
| Charter | 1921 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Ari Ranta-aho |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 194.05 km2 (74.92 sq mi) |
| • Land | 144.06 km2 (55.62 sq mi) |
| • Water | 49.99 km2 (19.30 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 280th largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-08-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 10,565 |
| • Rank | 91st largest in Finland |
| • Density | 73.34/km2 (189.9/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 97.9% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 2% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 21.5% |
| • 15 to 64 | 59.7% |
| • 65 or older | 18.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
The Muurame church is of Alvar Aalto's design, being his first church design to be completed in 1929.[7] It was comprehensively restored in 2016 to its original design.[7]
Name
editMuurame is a dialectal word referring to the cloudberry, which also can be seen in the municipal coat of arms. Similar toponyms nearby include Muuratsalo, Muuratjärvi, Muuramenlampi and Muuratharju.[8]
History
editMuurame was originally a part of the Jämsä parish. There were also external hunting grounds of Pälkäne in the area.[9] In 1539, there were four farms in Muurame: two of the estates paid taxes to Jämsä, while the other two were taxed from Pälkäne.[10]
Korpilahti, including Muurame, was separated from Jämsä in 1861.[11] Muurame was in turn separated from Korpilahti in 1921.[12] Säynätsalo was separated from Muurame ecclesiastically in 1922[13] and administratively in 1924.[14]
Notable people
editAthletes
edit- Emilia Nyström, Finnish beach volleyball
- Erika Nyström, Finnish beach volleyball
- Jussi Pesonen, ice hockey player
- Harri Pesonen, ice hockey player
- Mikko Ronkainen, Freestyle skier
Twinnings
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Alatskivi Parish, Estonia[15]
Vinje, Norway[16]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-09-24. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
- ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Muurame". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Alvar Aallon nuoruudensynti remontoidaan alkuperäiseen loistoonsa" [Alvar Aalto's 'aberration of youth' to be restored to its original glory] (in Finnish). Yle. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 278. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ^ Jalkanen, Kaarlo Jonathan (1900). Rautalammin vanhan hallintopitäjän historia (in Finnish) (2010 ed.). Jyväskylä: SKS. p. (attached map). ISBN 978-952-222-221-3.
- ^ Virkkala, Kalevi (1954). Suur-Jämsän historia I (in Finnish). Forssa: Municipalities of Jämsä, Korpilahti, Petäjävesi, Muurame, Säynätsalo, Jämsänkoski and Koskenpää. p. 121.
- ^ "Suomen Sukututkimusseura - Korpilahti". hiski.genealogia.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- ^ "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 278+437. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- ^ "Suomen Sukututkimusseura - Säynätsalo". hiski.genealogia.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- ^ Suomalainen paikannimikirja, page 437.
- ^ "Välissuhted" (in Estonian). Alatskivi vald. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
- ^ "Muurame Info" (in Finnish). Municipality of Muurame. Archived from the original on 14 October 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
External links
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Media related to Muurame at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Muurame – Official website (in Finnish)
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