Vaajakoski-Jyskä

Vaajakoski-Jyskä
Ward of Jyväskylä
A view from Naissaari in Vaajakoski
Country	Finland
Province	Western Finland
Region	Central Finland
Sub-region	Jyväskylä sub-region
City	Jyväskylä
Ward	Vaajakoski-Jyskä
Population  (2011)
• Total	14.588
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	40800 VAAJAKOSKI

Vaajakoski-Jyskä is a ward of Jyväskylä, Finland. It is located seven kilometres from the city centre on both sides of Vaajavirta river on the Northern end of lake Päijänne and on the Western end of Lake Leppävesi. As of July 2011 the population of Vaajakoski-Jyskä was 14.588.^[1] Before 2009 Vaajakoski-Jyskä belonged to Jyväskylän maalaiskunta.

In spoken language the name Vaajakoski is used to describe big parts of Vaajakoski-Jyskä ward.

The Vaajakoski-Jyskä ward is divided into 12 different neighbourhoods.

Population of neighbourhoods of Vaajakoski-Jyskä in 2007

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Gallery

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  Naissaari, Vaajakoski
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  Semi-detached houses of Kakaravaara in Northern Vaajakoski
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  A highland cattle at Ysitien Lemmikki Zoo in Leppälahti
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  Panda candy factory in Vaajakoski
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  Vaajakoski Motorway
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  Vaajakoski Junior Highschool
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  Interior of Vaajakoski Lutheran Church
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  Vaajakoski Railway Station
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  Vaajakoski Old Power Station
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  Wesmanninmäki

References

External links

Media related to Vaajakoski at Wikimedia Commons

• Wessmanni, a local Newspaper in Vaajakoski (in Finnish)
• Panda candy factory in Vaajakoski

62°14′54″N 25°52′16″E / 62.24833°N 25.87111°E / 62.24833; 25.87111