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Suolahti

Former municipality in Central Finland, Finland

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Location of Suolahti in Finland

Coordinates: 62°33′50″N 025°51′10″E / 62.56389°N 25.85278°E / 62.56389; 25.85278CountryFinlandRegionCentral FinlandEstablished1932Town privileges1977Merged into Äänekoski2007SeatÄänekoskiArea

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• Total67.48 km² (26.05 sq mi) • Land57.73 km² (22.29 sq mi) • Water9.75 km² (3.76 sq mi)Population

(2006-12-31)^[2]

• Total5,380 • Density80/km² (210/sq mi)Population by age

• 0 to 1416.36% • 15 to 6466.99% • 65 or older16.65%Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)Websitewww.aanekoski.fi

Suolahti is a former town and municipality of Finland. It is located next to Lake Keitele in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. Suolahti was merged into Äänekoski together with Sumiainen in 2007.

History

The village was initially known as Paadentaipale; the first mentions of the current name come from are from the 16th century . The opening of the railroad in 1898 industrialized Suolahti and increased the waterborne traffic on Keitele, for which Suolahti provided a railway harbour at its south end. The same year, a steam-mill started operating which was soon followed by other industrial facilities. This sped up population growth and urban development. In the first three decades of the 20th century, the population increased to two thousand. It gained town status in 1977.

Notable people from Suolahti

Jaakko Kolmonen, popular TV chef
Jack Smack, guitarist and backing vocalist of the Finnish rock band Private Line.
Marko Vanhanen [fi], inventor and YouTube personality^[3]

Sister cities

Prior to a 2007 consolidation with Sumiainen to make Äänekoski, Suolahti was twinned with:

Borovichi, Novgorod Oblast, Russia (status unknown)

References

^ "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2006" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "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]}
^ "Keksijätehtaan voitto ja yli 13,7 miljoonaa katselukertaa – Marko Vanhanen on Internet-ilmiö". Äänekosken Kaupunkisanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 September 2022.