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.[5] 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
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
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)
 • Rank280th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-09-19)[2]
 • Total10,508
 • Rank91st largest in Finland
 • Density72.94/km2 (188.9/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish98% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others1.9%
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)
Websitewww.muurame.fi

The Muurame church is of Alvar Aalto's design, being his first church design to be completed in 1929.[6] It was comprehensively restored in 2016 to its original design.[6]

Name

Muurame is a dialectal word referring to the cloudberry, which also can be seen in the municipal coat of arms. Similar toponyms nearby include Muuratsalo, Muuratjärvi, Muuramenlampi and Muuratharju.[7]

History

Muurame was originally a part of the Jämsä parish. There were also external hunting grounds of Pälkäne in the area.[8] In 1539, there were four farms in Muurame: two of the estates paid taxes to Jämsä, while the other two were taxed from Pälkäne.[9]

Korpilahti, including Muurame, was separated from Jämsä in 1861.[10] Muurame was in turn separated from Korpilahti in 1921.[11] Säynätsalo was separated from Muurame ecclesiastically in 1922[12] and administratively in 1924.[13]

Notable people

Athletes

Twinnings

See also

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,587,841 at the end of August 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  3. "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  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. "Muurame". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  6. "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.
  7. "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 278. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  8. Jalkanen, Kaarlo Jonathan (1900). Rautalammin vanhan hallintopitäjän historia (in Finnish) (2010 ed.). Jyväskylä: SKS. p. (attached map). ISBN 978-952-222-221-3.
  9. Virkkala, Kalevi (1954). Suur-Jämsän historia I (in Finnish). Forssa: Municipalities of Jämsä, Korpilahti, Petäjävesi, Muurame, Säynätsalo, Jämsänkoski and Koskenpää. p. 121.
  10. "Suomen Sukututkimusseura - Korpilahti". hiski.genealogia.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  11. "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 278+437. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  12. "Suomen Sukututkimusseura - Säynätsalo". hiski.genealogia.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  13. Suomalainen paikannimikirja, page 437.
  14. "Välissuhted" (in Estonian). Alatskivi vald. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  15. "Muurame Info" (in Finnish). Municipality of Muurame. Archived from the original on 14 October 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

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