Haapaniemi, Jyväskylä

Haapaniemi is a district of Jyväskylä in Central Finland, located to the south of Vaajakoski. Before 2009, it was a part of Jyväskylän maalaiskunta[2] and was one of its register villages.[3] The distance to central Jyväskylä is roughly 6 km.[4]

Haapaniemi
District of Jyväskylä
Apartments on the Noukanniementie
Apartments on the Noukanniementie
Haapaniemi is located in Central Finland
Haapaniemi
Haapaniemi
Location in Central Finland
Coordinates: 62.2289802°N 25.8569584°E / 62.2289802; 25.8569584
Country Finland
RegionCentral Finland
Sub-regionJyväskylä sub-region
CityJyväskylä
WardVaajakoski-Jyskä
Population
 (2021-12-31)
 • Total1,372[1]
 • without Sammallahti
1,029[1]
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Geography

The name of Haapaniemi refers to its location on a peninsula (Finnish: niemi) surrounded by the lake Päijänne. The bay to its west is known as Haapalahti.[4]

The district of Haapaniemi also includes the Sammallahti/Varaslahti area, which is defined as a separate statistical area. Islands within the district include Iso Haapasaari, Pikku Haapasaari and Varassaari.[2]

The register village of Haapaniemi also included Vaajakoski in the north as well as the island of Vuoritsalo in the south. In the north, it extended to the border with Laukaa, however the area of Kaunisharju was a part of the village of Leppävesi.[5]

Roads

The main road of Haapaniemi is called Haapaniementie, a branch of the national road 4.[4]

History

Haapaniemi was established in the 16th century. In 1593, there was only one farm in Haapaniemi, owned by a Savonian settler.[6] Like the other villages of the area, it was a part of either the Jämsä parish or the Rautalampi parish and its chapel community of Laukaa. Laukaa became a separate parish in 1628[7] and the transfer of Jyväskylä and other nearby villages started and was finalized in 1646. Jyväskylä later became a chapel community under Laukaa in 1693.[8] The chapel community became a separate parish in 1856[9][10] and Jyväskylän maalaiskunta was established in 1868.[11]

The area of Haapakoski started to develop into a distinct area in the 19th century around the sawmill industry. This led to the growth of the village; in 1880 there were only 267 people in the village, which by 1910 had increased to 1,044.[12] Further industrialization came after 1916, when SOK purchased lands in the area.[13] In 1919, Haapakoski was given the status of taajaväkinen yhdyskunta, a densely populated area with a special status within a municipality. In 1920, Haapakoski was renamed to Vaajakoski, as there is another Haapakoski in Pieksämäki, which caused problems with postal services.[14]

Haapaniemi still remained rural until the 1960s, as the municipality had acquired land from the Pellonpää farm in 1964 in order to construct a suburban area. Three years later, Puolimatka Oy was permitted to build the first apartments in the area. The quick expansion of the area gave Haapaniemi a negative reputation, due to which detached houses were soon built in the area.[15]

Haapaniemi became a district of Jyväskylä after the disestablishment of Jyväskylän maalaiskunta in 2009.[16]

Services

School

There is a united daycare-school in Haapaniemi. The school only educates grades 1 and 2 (ages around 7–8). Further grades attend the Vaajakumpu school.[17]

Other

There is a restaurant with rentable spaces in Noukanniemi, the southeastern part of the district. There is also a boat dock and a boater guidance center next to it.[2]

References
  1. "Tilastokeskus - Jyväskylän väestö pienalueittain". app.powerbi.com (in Finnish). Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  2. "Jyväskylän karttapalvelu". kartta.jkl.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  3. "Suomen Sukututkimusseura - Jyväskylän maaseurakunta". hiski.genealogia.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  4. "Karttapaikka - Maanmittauslaitos". asiointi.maanmittauslaitos.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  5. Wilmi, Jorma (2011). Jyväskylän maalaiskunnan historia 1945-2008 (in Finnish). Saarijärvi: Jyväskylän kaupunki. p. 22. ISBN 978-952-5847-11-6.
  6. Lappalainen, Jussi T. (1977). Jyväskylän maalaiskunnan kirja (in Finnish). Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän maalaiskunta ja maaseurakunta. p. 14. ISBN 951-99104-3-3.
  7. Suomalainen paikannimikirja, page 224.
  8. Jyväskylän maalaiskunnan kirja, page 46.
  9. Jyväskylän maalaiskunnan historia, page 52.
  10. "Suomen Sukututkimusseura - Jyväskylän maaseurakunta". hiski.genealogia.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  11. Suomalainen paikannimikirja, page 115.
  12. Jyväskylän maalaiskunnan kirja, page 38.
  13. "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 484. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  14. Jyväskylän maalaiskunnan historia, page 243.
  15. Jyväskylän maalaiskunnan historia, page 28.
  16. "Päätös kunnanosien nimistä ja numeroista sekä eräiden leikkipuistojen nimistä". jkl.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on August 19, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  17. "Haapaniemen päiväkoti-koulu". peda.net (in Finnish). Retrieved April 18, 2023.
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