Muurame

Municipality in Central Finland, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Muurame in Finland

Coordinates: 62°08′N 025°40.5′E / 62.133°N 25.6750°E / 62.133; 25.6750Country

FinlandRegionCentral FinlandSub-regionJyväskylä sub-regionCharter1921Government

• Municipal managerAri Ranta-ahoArea

(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 FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total10,556 • Rank91st largest in Finland • Density73.28/km² (189.8/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

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.

The Muurame church is of Alvar Aalto's design, being his first church design to be completed in 1929.^[7] It was comprehensively restored in 2016 to its original design.^[7]

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.^[8]

History

Muurame was originally a part of the Jämsä parish. There were also external hunting grounds of Pälkäne in the area.^[9] In 1539, there were four farms in Muurame: two of the estates paid taxes to Jämsä, while the other two were taxed from Pälkäne.^[10]

Korpilahti, including Muurame, was separated from Jämsä in 1861.^[11] Muurame was in turn separated from Korpilahti in 1921.^[12] Säynätsalo was separated from Muurame ecclesiastically in 1922^[13] and administratively in 1924.^[14]

Notable people

Athletes

Emilia Nyström, Finnish beach volleyball
Erika Nyström, Finnish beach volleyball
Jussi Pesonen, ice hockey player
Harri Pesonen, ice hockey player
Mikko Ronkainen, Freestyle skier

Twinnings

Alatskivi Parish, Estonia^[15]
Vinje, Norway^[16]

References

^ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ "Muurame". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 278. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
^ Jalkanen, Kaarlo Jonathan (1900). Rautalammin vanhan hallintopitäjän historia (in Finnish) (2010 ed.). Jyväskylä: SKS. p. (attached map). ISBN 978-952-222-221-3.
^ Virkkala, Kalevi (1954). Suur-Jämsän historia I (in Finnish). Forssa: Municipalities of Jämsä, Korpilahti, Petäjävesi, Muurame, Säynätsalo, Jämsänkoski and Koskenpää. p. 121.
^ "Suomen Sukututkimusseura - Korpilahti". hiski.genealogia.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved June 13, 2023.
^ "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 278+437. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
^ "Suomen Sukututkimusseura - Säynätsalo". hiski.genealogia.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved June 13, 2023.
^ Suomalainen paikannimikirja, page 437.
^ "Välissuhted" (in Estonian). Alatskivi vald. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
^ "Muurame Info" (in Finnish). Municipality of Muurame. Archived from the original on 14 October 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2012.