Muurame
Municipality in Central Finland, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Muurame | |
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Municipality | |
Muuramen kunta Muurame kommun | |
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 km2 (74.92 sq mi) |
• Land | 144.06 km2 (55.62 sq mi) |
• Water | 49.99 km2 (19.30 sq mi) |
• Rank | 280th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 10,551 |
• Rank | 91st largest in Finland |
• Density | 73.24/km2 (189.7/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 97.9% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.2% |
• Others | 2% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 21.5% |
• 15 to 64 | 59.7% |
• 65 or older | 18.8% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www |
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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]