Muurame

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
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
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 km^2 (74.92 sq mi)
• Land	144.06 km^2 (55.62 sq mi)
• Water	49.99 km^2 (19.30 sq mi)
Area rank	280th largest in Finland
Population  (2020-07-31)[2]
• Total	10,196
• Rank	96th largest in Finland
• Density	70.78/km^2 (183.3/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	98.9% (official)
• Swedish	0.1%
• Others	1%
Population by age [4]
• 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

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]

Distances

• Jyväskylä 13 km
• Jämsä 42 km
• Toivakka 49 km
• Tampere 140 km

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

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  Nature trail in Muurame
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  Boats in Muurame
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  Boats on the lake Saarenlahti
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  Eurocopter AS 350 B2 Ecureuil at 2nd Vellipohja stage in Rally Finland 2007
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  Freight railway wagons in Muurame
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  Kinkomaa Hospital (northern end)
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  Lake Sääksjärvi
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  Nursing home (next to the hospital of Kinkomaa)
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  Muurame Church
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  Orivesi-Jyväskylä railway in Muurame
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  Jari-Matti Latvala in Neste Oil Rally 2010 in Muurame
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  Vuorenlahti neighbourhood
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  Lake Muuratjärvi

Twinnings

• Alatskivi Parish, Estonia[8]
• Vinje, Norway[9]

References

1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
2. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Heinäkuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
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 and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
6. "Muurame". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
7. "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

• Municipality of Muurame – Official website (in Finnish)