Muurame

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Muurame
Municipality
Muuramen kunta
Muurame kommun
Muurame church, designed by Alvar Aalto
Muurame church, designed by Alvar Aalto
Coat of arms of Muurame
Coat of arms
Location of Muurame in Finland
Location of Muurame in Finland
Coordinates: 62°08′N 025°40.5′E / 62.133°N 25.6750°E / 62.133; 25.6750Coordinates: 62°08′N 025°40.5′E / 62.133°N 25.6750°E / 62.133; 25.6750
Country Finland
RegionCentral Finland
Sub-regionJyväskylä sub-region
Charter1921
Government
 • Municipal managerAri Ranta-aho
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total194.05 km2 (74.92 sq mi)
 • Land144.06 km2 (55.62 sq mi)
 • Water49.99 km2 (19.30 sq mi)
Area rank280th largest in Finland
Population
 (2021-03-31)[2]
 • Total10,332
 • Rank94th largest in Finland
 • Density71.72/km2 (185.8/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish98.9% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others1%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1421.5%
 • 15 to 6459.7%
 • 65 or older18.8%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]19.5%
Websitewww.muurame.fi

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 .[6] River Muurame streams through the population center of Muurame. Muurame was founded in 1921.

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]

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Gallery[]

  • Nature trail in Muurame

  • Boats in Muurame

  • Boats on the lake Saarenlahti

  • Eurocopter AS 350 B2 Ecureuil at 2nd Vellipohja stage in Rally Finland 2007

  • Freight railway wagons in Muurame

  • Kinkomaa Hospital (northern end)

  • Lake Sääksjärvi

  • Nursing home (next to the hospital of Kinkomaa)

  • Muurame Church

  • Orivesi-Jyväskylä railway in Muurame

  • Jari-Matti Latvala in 2010 in Muurame

  • Vuorenlahti neighbourhood

  • Lake Muuratjärvi

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References[]

  1. ^ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M03*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Muurame". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  7. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  8. ^ "Välissuhted" (in Estonian). Alatskivi vald. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  9. ^ "Muurame Info" (in Finnish). Municipality of Muurame. Archived from the original on 14 October 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

External links[]

Media related to Muurame at Wikimedia Commons


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