Juupajoki
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Juupajoki | |
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Municipality | |
| Juupajoen kunta Juupajoki kommun | |
 Kallenaution kievari, a café museum in Juupajoki | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Juupajoki in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 61°47.8′N 024°22.2′E / 61.7967°N 24.3700°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Pirkanmaa |
| Sub-region | Upper Pirkanmaa sub-region |
| Charter | 1913 |
| Seat | Korkeakoski |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Riku Siren |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 274.95 km2 (106.16 sq mi) |
| • Land | 258.49 km2 (99.80 sq mi) |
| • Water | 16.47 km2 (6.36 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 242nd largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-08-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,676 |
| • Rank | 273rd largest in Finland |
| • Density | 6.48/km2 (16.8/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 98.1% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 1.7% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 13.6% |
| • 15 to 64 | 53.9% |
| • 65 or older | 32.5% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www.juupajoki.fi |
Juupajoki is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 1,676 (31 August 2024),[2] which makes it the smallest municipality in Pirkanmaa in terms of population. It covers an area of 274.95 square kilometres (106.16 sq mi) of which 16.47 km2 (6.36 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 6.48 inhabitants per square kilometre (16.8/sq mi). Korkeakoski is the administrative center of the municipality.[5]
Neighbouring municipalities are Jämsä, Mänttä-Vilppula, Orivesi and Ruovesi. The city of Tampere is located 56 kilometres (35 mi) southwest of Juupajoki.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
People
[edit]- Kauko Helovirta (1924–1997), writer[6][7]
- Jaakko Syrjä (1926–2022), writer[8]
Gallery
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Borough hall of Juupajoki -
Korkeakoski's old shoe factory at Juupajoki -
Korkeakoski River
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 24 September 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Juupajoen kylät (in Finnish)
- ^ "Outsider Etelänavalla – Korkki ja Lipponen Sumulaakson sankareina". yle.fi (in Finnish). 21 September 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "Nuori Kauko Helovirta kouliintui näyttelijäksi Karhumäen tivolissa". yle.fi (in Finnish). 20 October 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ Aaltio, Marja. "90-year-old writer Jaakko Syrjä would have liked to have written more". Aamulehti (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
External links
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Media related to Juupajoki at Wikimedia Commons
Juupajoki travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Municipality of Juupajoki – Official website (in Finnish)
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