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) |
| Area rank | 280th largest in Finland |
| Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 10,259 |
| • Rank | 95th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 71.21/km2 (184.4/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 98.9% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.1% |
| • Others | 1% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 23.4% |
| • 15 to 64 | 65% |
| • 65 or older | 11.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% |
| Website | www.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 Lake Kuusjärvi.[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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Notable people
Athletes
- Emilia Nyström, Finnish beach volleyball
- Erika Nyström, Finnish beach volleyball
- Jussi Pesonen, ice hockey player
- Harri Pesonen, ice hockey player
- Mikko Ronkainen, Freestyle skier
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 Neste Oil Rally 2010 in Muurame
Vuorenlahti neighbourhood
Lake Muuratjärvi
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Twinnings
Alatskivi Parish, Estonia[8]
Vinje, Norway[9]
References
- ^ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Joulukuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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)