Hankasalmi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Hankasalmi is the only authentic rural municipality in Jyväskylä, that offers its inhabitants and guests a wide range of opportunities in the housing, work and leisure sectors. Comprehensive services and good transport links by highway and rail ensure smooth handling. Hankasalmi has several elementary schools, a high school, and a high school where you can take part in high-level navigation training.

Geography

Neighbouring municipalities are Kangasniemi, Konnevesi, Laukaa,

Pieksämäki Pieksämäki () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Savonia region, about north of Mikkeli, east of Jyväskylä and south of Kuopio. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The ...

, Rautalampi and

Toivakka Toivakka is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region, near Jyväskylä. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually ...

. There are all together 97 lakes in Hankasalmi. The biggest lakes are Kynsivesi-Leivonvesi, Armisvesi and

Kuuhankavesi Kuuhankavesi is a medium-sized lake of Finland. It is located in Hankasalmi, Central Finland region. It belongs to the Kymijoki main catchment area.Halttula

History

The name Hankasalmi was first mentioned in 1552 when it was a wilderness owned by the

Tavastians Tavastians ( fi, Hämäläiset, sv, Tavaster, russian: Емь, Yem, Yam) are a historic people and a modern subgroup (heimo) of the Finnish people. They live in areas of the historical province of Tavastia (historical province), Tavastia (Häme) ...

Hauho Hauho is a former municipality of Finland. It was situated in the province of Southern Finland and is today a part of the region of Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme / Egentliga Tavastland). Hauho was amalgamated with the municipality of Hämeenlinna ...

. The settlement has existed at least since 1559. In 1561, it was transferred to the new Rautalampi parish, which was largely settled by Savonians. Hankasalmi became an independent parish in 1802, but administratively it remained a part of Rautalampi until 1872, when the modern Hankasalmi municipality was formed. Parts of it were also taken from

, Kangasniemi and Laukaa.

Notable individuals

Aimo Minkkinen Aimo (commonly known as Saint Aimo, also Aymon or Hamon) was a Mysticism, mystic and monk. Born in the village of Landecob, Brittany near Rennes, Aimo entered the Benedictine Savigny Abbey, monastery of Savigny, in Savigny-le-Vieux, Savigny, N ...

, longtime head of the

Tampere Lenin Museum The Tampere Lenin Museum ( fi, Lenin-museo) is a museum devoted to Vladimir Lenin in Tampere, Finland. It was established in 1946 by the Finland–Soviet Union Society, and today it is run by The Finnish Labour Museum Werstas. It was the first ...

Antero Halonen Tarmo Antero "Lukkeri" Halonen (15 December 1938 – 26 October 2016) was an amateur lightweight boxer from Finland, who won a bronze medal at the 1963 European Championships. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics, but lost in the second roun ...

, boxer *

Kaarlo Kartio Kaarlo is a Finnish given name. Notable people with the name include: *Kaarlo Bergbom (1843–1906), Finnish theatre director *Kaarlo Blomstedt (1880–1949), Finnish historian and archivist *Kaarlo Castrén (1860–1938), Prime Minister of Finla ...

, actor *

Kalevi Tarvainen Kalevi may refer to * Kalevi (mythology), an ancient Finnish and Estonian ruler, known from the Finnish epic Kalevala and Estonian epic Kalevipoeg. * Kalevi, Estonia, a village in Estonia * Kalevi (given name) Kalevi is a Finnish name, Finnish ...

, linguist and professor * Kari Ihalainen, javelin thrower and track and field coach *

Lauri W. Pääkkönen Lauri may refer to: * Lauri (given name), including a list of people with the name * Lauri (surname), including a list of people with the name * Lauri, Põlva County, a village in Estonia * Lauri, Rapla County, a village in Estonia * Lauri, Võru ...

, elementary school teacher and writer * Matti A. Karjalainen, professor at the Helsinki University of Technology *

Matti Makkonen Matti Makkonen (16 April 1952 – 26 June 2015) was a Finnish engineer in the field of mobile communications. He was employed (among others) by Nokia Networks and the then Telecom Finland (branded as Tele), as well as Oy. Makkonen played a leadin ...

, politician *

Matti Rutanen Matti may refer to: * Matti (given name), people with the given name * Matti (surname), people with the surname * Matti, Karnataka, a village in India * '' Matti: Hell Is for Heroes'', a 2006 film about Matti Nykänen See also * Masa (disambig ...

, folk artist *

Mika Mölsä Mika is a given name, a nickname and a surname. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: People known just as Mika * Mika (singer) (born 1983), Lebanese-born British singer-songwriter Michael Penniman, Jr. * Mika (footbal ...

, crime journalist and fiction writer * Niina Mäkinen, ice hockey player *

Onni Haini Onni is a male name of Finnish origin meaning "happiness, luck." It was the sixth most popular name for boys in Finland in 2007. People with the given name Onni *Onni Hiltunen, Finnish politician *Onni Kasslin, Finnish cyclist *Onni Lappalainen, ...

, journalist and writer *

Onni Pellinen Onni Pellinen (14 February 1899 – 30 October 1950) was a Finnish wrestler and Olympic medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling. Olympics Pellinen competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris where he won a bronze medal in Greco-Roman ...

, Olympic wrestler *

Paavo Rautkallio Paavo is an Estonian and Finnish masculine given name, cognate to "Paul". The Finnish patronymic surname Paavolainen is derived from it. It may refer to: *Paavo Aaltonen (1919–1962), Finnish gymnast and a three-time Olympic champion *Paavo Aa ...

, politician *

Unto Poikolainen Unto may refer to: * Unto (name) *Unto a Good Land (Swedish: Invandrarna) is a novel by Vilhelm Moberg from 1952 *Unto Ashes, musical ensemble based in New York City incorporating madrigal, folk, New Age music and Dark Wave *Unto the Fourth Generat ...

, Pesäpallo player * Vilho Ylönen, cross-country skier and rifle shooter

Twin towns - sister cities

Hankasalmi is twinned with: *

Häädemeeste Häädemeeste (Estonian for "Good Men", german: Gudmannsbach) is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Pärnu County, southwestern Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Häädemeeste Parish Häädemeeste (german: Gudmannsbach) is a municipa ...

, Estonia * Karmøy, Norway *

Mjölby Mjölby ( or ) is a city and the seat of Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 12,245 inhabitants in 2010. Mjölby is located by the rivulet Svartån. The name "Mjölby" is derived from ''Mölloby'', which comes from or ''möl ...

, Sweden

References

External links

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Municipality of Hankasalmi
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