Vespuoli

Vespuoli
Vespuoli
District of Jyväskylä
	Kärkinen Bridge during Päijännepurjehdus
Country	Finland
Province	Western Finland
Region	Central Finland
Sub-region	Jyväskylä sub-region
City	Jyväskylä
Ward	Korpilahti
Population (2009)
• Total	532
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	41880 OITTILA

Narrow gulfs of Lake Päijänne in Putkilahti village

Eurasian lynx is a mammal living in Vespuoli

Vespuoli is a district in Jyväskylä, Finland. It is a part of Korpilahti, a municipality consolidated to Jyväskylä. It is located 35 kilometres (22 mi) from Jyväskylä city centre on the Eastern shores of lake Päijänne. The area is connected to Jyväskylä by a huge Kärkistensalmi bridge acrossing the lake Päijänne. The villages of Putkilahti and Oittila are located in Vespuoli. There were 532 permanent inhabitants and 797 summer cottages in Vespuoli as of 2009. At summer time the population of the area more than doubles.^[2]

Vaarunvuoret[]

Vaarunvuoret nature reserves is located in Vespuoli. It is known for the Vaarunjyrkkä cliff that descends sharply into Korospohjanlahti Bay. The nature reserve is a home for roughly 60 endangered species. The northernmost European hazels The northernmost European hazels (Corylus avellana) in Finland grow in the Oittila elm grove and the bordering Vaarunniitty meadow. The Scots elm (Ulmus glabra) also grows at the very limit of its distribution here. Sheep's bit (Jasione montana) is a southern species that can be seen on the Vaarunjyrkkä cliff, along with plants native to the fell area: glaucous bluegrass (Poa glauca) and alpine saxifrage (Micranthes nivalis).

Also Siberian flying squirrels, Eurasian three-toed woodpeckers, hazel grouses, bank voles, Eurasian lynxes and brown bears are hiding in the spruce forests of Vaarunvuoret. ^[3]

References[]

^ "Korpilahden yhdistymisavustuksen käyttö". 11 June 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
^ "Korpilahden yhdistymisavustuksen käyttö". 11 June 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
^ "Natural Features of Vaarunvuoret". Outdoors.fi Vaarunvuoret. 29 September 2011. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.

External links[]

Putkilahti village society
Vaarunvuori
Kärkistensalmi Bridge at Structurae
Kotajärvi logcabin^{[permanent dead link]}

Coordinates: 62°53′00″N 25°43′00″E / 62.88333°N 25.71667°E / 62.88333; 25.71667

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[1] "Korpilahden yhdistymisavustuksen käyttö". 11 June 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2012.

[2] "Korpilahden yhdistymisavustuksen käyttö". 11 June 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2012.

[3] "Natural Features of Vaarunvuoret". Outdoors.fi Vaarunvuoret. 29 September 2011. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.

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