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
 (2023-02-28)[2]
 • Total10,512
 • Rank94th largest in Finland
 • Density72.97/km2 (189.0/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish98.9% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others1%
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 first mentioned as Murame ärmarch in 1554 when it was a part of the Jämsä parish. In the 18th century, the village was variously known as Muranjärvi, Murame and Muratjärvi.

Korpilahti, including Muurame, was separated from Jämsä in 1861. Muurame was in turn separated from Korpilahti in 1921. Plans to separate Säynätsalo from Muurame appeared in 1922, but the separation happened two years later in 1924. Lehtisaari and northern Muuratsalo (incl. Haikka) remained parts of Muurame until 1935. [8]

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. "Preliminary population structure by area, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  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 (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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 278. Retrieved November 9, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "Välissuhted" (in Estonian). Alatskivi vald. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  10. "Muurame Info" (in Finnish). Municipality of Muurame. Archived from the original on 14 October 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

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