Petäjävesi

Municipality in Central Finland, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Petäjävesi in Finland

Coordinates: 62°15.5′N 025°11′E / 62.2583°N 25.183°E / 62.2583; 25.183Country

FinlandRegionCentral FinlandSub-regionJyväskylä sub-regionCharter1868Government

• Municipal managerEero VainioArea

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total495.41 km² (191.28 sq mi) • Land456.42 km² (176.22 sq mi) • Water39.01 km² (15.06 sq mi) • Rank192nd largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total3,593 • Rank203rd largest in Finland • Density7.87/km² (20.4/sq mi)Population by native language

^[3]

• Finnish98.4% (official) • Swedish0.1% • Others1.5%Population by age

^[4]

• 0 to 1418.9% • 15 to 6456.3% • 65 or older24.8%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Websitewww.petajavesi.fi

Petäjävesi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpetæjæˌʋesi]; lit. "pine water") is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland, next to the city of Jyväskylä, and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 3,593 (31 December 2023)^[6] and covers an area of 495.41 square kilometres (191.28 sq mi) of which 39.01 km² (15.06 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 7.87 inhabitants per square kilometre (20.4/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Jyväskylä, Jämsä, Keuruu, Multia and Uurainen.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The Petäjävesi Old Church, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994 for its testimony to Nordic church architecture.^[7]

Nature

There are all together 99 lakes in Petäjävesi. The biggest lakes are Jämsänvesi-Petäjävesi, Ala-Kintaus and Ylä-Kintaus. Karikkoselkä is a lake in Petäjävesi, which is formed by a meteorite.^[8]

The Karikkoselkä impact crater is located southeast of the municipal centre.

Notable people

Mika Aaltola (1969–)
Jarmo Kytölehto (1961–)
Frans Lehtonen (1859–1920)
Olavi Tupamäki (1944–)

Gallery

Petäjävesi Old Church interior
Petäjävesi New Church
Petäjävesi Old Church

References

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2006". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Petäjävesi Old Church". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^ "Petäjävesi (kunta)". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.