Muurame

Muurame
Municipality
Muuramen kunta
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°ECoordinates: 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 (2011-01-01)[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	305th largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)[2]
• Total	9,816
• Rank	114th largest in Finland
• Density	68.14/km^2 (176.5/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	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
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.

Church of Muurame is of Alvar Aalto's design.

Notable people

Athletes

• Emilia Nyström, Finnish beach volleyball
• Erika Nyström, Finnish beach volleyball
• Jussi Pesonen_(ice hockey), 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
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  Lake Sääksjärvi
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  Kinkomaa Hospital
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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^[7]
• Vinje, Norway^[8]

References

1. "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
2. "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
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. "Välissuhted" (in Estonian). Alatskivi vald. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
8. "Muurame Info" (in Finnish). Municipality of Muurame. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

External links

Media related to Muurame at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Muurame – Official website (Finnish)