Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈjyʋæsˌkylæ]; Latin: Granivicus) is a city and municipality in Finland in the western part of the Finnish Lakeland. It is located about 150 km north-east from Tampere, the third largest city in Finland; and about 270 km north from Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The Jyväskylä sub-region includes Jyväskylä, Hankasalmi, Laukaa, Muurame, Petäjävesi, Toivakka, and Uurainen. Other border municipalities of Jyväskylä are Joutsa, Jämsä and Luhanka.
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| Jyväskylän kaupunki Jyväskylä stad City of Jyväskylä | |
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| Coordinates: 62°14.5′N 025°44.5′E / 62.2417°N 25.7417°ECoordinates: 62°14.5′N 025°44.5′E / 62.2417°N 25.7417°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region |  Central Finland |
| Sub-region | Jyväskylä sub-region |
| Charter | 1837 |
| Government | |
| • City manager | Timo Koivisto[4] |
| Area | |
| • Urban | 99.25 km2 (38.32 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Urban | 117,974 |
| • Urban density | 1,188.7/km2 (3,079/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Unemployment rate | 11.8% |
| Website | www.jyvaskyla.fi |
Jyväskylä is the largest city in the region of Central Finland and in the Finnish Lakeland; as of Error: Invalid time., Jyväskylä had a population of Template:Data Finland municipality/population count.[5] The city has been one of the fastest-growing cities in Finland during the 20th century,[6][7][8] when in 1940, there were only 8,000 inhabitants in Jyväskylä.
Elias Lönnrot, the compiler of the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, gave the city the nickname "Athens of Finland". This nickname refers to the major role of Jyväskylä as an educational centre.[9] The works of the most famous Finnish architect Alvar Aalto can be seen throughout the city. The city hosts the Neste Oil Rally Finland, which is part of the World Rally Championship. It is also home of the annual Jyväskylä Arts Festival.
Jyväskylä Media
Jyväskylä town square in the early 20th century
Kirkkopuisto Park in the early 20th century
Jyväskylä Kirkkopuisto February 2022
Jyväskylä is a hub of IT. Innova Tower hosts multiple tech companies.
J. Kärkkäinen discount store in Jyväskylä
Functionalistic Säynätsalo Town Hall by Alvar Aalto is open also for visitors interested in his architecture.
A German biplane Stieglitz in the Aviation Museum of Central Finland
Petter Solberg on the Killeri super special stage of the Rally Finland
Eino Kaakkolahti passing during a pesäpallo (Finnish baseball) match in 1958
Synergia-areena is the main ice hockey venue.
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References
- ↑ "Ossi Valpio: "Jyväskylä on Suomen hiphop-pääkaupunki" - Surkkari.fi". Surkkari.fi (in suomi). Archived from the original on 2018-03-12. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "Suomiräpin pääkaupungissa kuplii pinnan alla – ainakin nämä tulokkaat kannattaa painaa mieleen". Klangi (in suomi). 2019-09-02. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "16 reasons why Jyväskylä is the Capital of Sport in Finland". Archived from the original on 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
- ↑ Timo Koivistosta Jyväskylän uusi kaupunginjohtaja Yle. 10 Nov 2014. (in Finnish)
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedpopulation_count. - ↑ "A short history of Jyväskylä". City of Jyväskylä. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
- ↑ "Jyväskylän kaupungin elinkeinoelämän vaikuttavuus 1990-luvulla" (PDF). University of Jyväskylä.
- ↑ "Mouvement de la Population de Finlande en 1939" (PDF). Official Finnish population statistics 1939. Finnish Government.
- ↑ Tervoja, Pia (August 2008). "Bene veniatis in urbem Jyväskylä". City of Jyväskylä. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
Other websites
- Jyväskylä page, english Archived 2014-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Jyväskylä page, finnish
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