Jyväskylän maalaiskunta ( sv, Jyväskylä landskommun), 'The Rural Municipality of Jyväskylä' is a
former municipality of
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bot ...
. Together with
Korpilahti, Jyväskylän maalaiskunta was consolidated with
Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä () 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 ...
on 1 January 2009. It was the last municipality to carry the name
maalaiskunta
Maalaiskunta ( Finnish), landskommun ( Swedish), "rural municipality", abbreviated ''mlk'' was one of the four types of municipality in Finland in 1865–1976. Other types in 1865–1959 were city (in Finnish ''kaupunki'') and market town (in Finn ...
.
Jyväskylän maalaiskunta had three population centres:
Vaajakoski,
Tikkakoski
Tikkakoski is a northernmost residential area of Jyväskylä, Finland, about north of the city centre. It has a population of 6,000.
The Jyväskylä Airport, Aviation Museum of Central Finland, and a Finnish Air Force
, colours ...
and
Palokka.
Jyväskylä Airport
Jyväskylä Airport (; fi, Jyväskylän lentoasema) is an airport in Jyväskylä, Finland. It is located in the center of the Finnish Lake District approximately north of the center of Jyväskylä. The airport terminal was renovated in the fa ...
in Tikkakoski used to be one of the busiest in Finland. Jyväskylän maalaiskunta was the second biggest municipality without the name ''kaupunki'' (city, town) in Finland (the largest being
Nurmijärvi
Nurmijärvi () is the most populated rural municipality of Finland, located north of the capital Helsinki. The neighboring municipalities of Nurmijärvi are Espoo, Vantaa, Tuusula, Hyvinkää and Vihti, and it is part of the Greater Helsinki. Th ...
). It was the last municipality with the name ''
maalaiskunta
Maalaiskunta ( Finnish), landskommun ( Swedish), "rural municipality", abbreviated ''mlk'' was one of the four types of municipality in Finland in 1865–1976. Other types in 1865–1959 were city (in Finnish ''kaupunki'') and market town (in Finn ...
''.
The last municipality mayor of Jyväskylän maalaiskunta was
Arto Lepistö.
Geography
Distances
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Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...
270 km
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Kuopio
Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic, and cu ...
140 km
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Lahti
Lahti (; sv, Lahtis) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is the capital of the region of Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme) and its growing region is one of the main economic hubs of Finland. Lahti is situated on a bay at the southern e ...
170 km
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Tampere
Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population ...
150 km
Villages
Prior to its consolidation into Jyväskylä in 2009, Jyväskylän maalaiskunta consisted of the following villages:
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Haapaniemi,
Humalamäki,
Ilmoniemi,
Jylhänperä,
Kaunisharju,
Puuppola,
Kuohu,
Leppälahti,
Metsoniemi,
Nyrölä,
Oravasaari,
Palokka,
Perälä,
Tikkakoski
Tikkakoski is a northernmost residential area of Jyväskylä, Finland, about north of the city centre. It has a population of 6,000.
The Jyväskylä Airport, Aviation Museum of Central Finland, and a Finnish Air Force
, colours ...
,
Tikka-Mannila,
Jyskä,
Vaajakoski,
Vesanka and
Väinölä
History
The original center of the area was
Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä () 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 ...
itself, first mentioned in 1565 within the
Rautalampi
Rautalampi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia 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.
Neigh ...
parish. It became a part of the
Laukaa
Laukaa (; sv, Laukas) is a municipality of Finland. It is located next to Jyväskylä and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
...
chapel community in 1593, which became its own parish in 1628. Jyväskylä got its first chapel in 1676 and a church in 1693.
The modern town of Jyväskylä was established in 1837. It got its own parish in the 1850s, which also included the territories that would become Jyväskylän maalaiskunta in 1868. The town and the municipality shared a parish until 1880.
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 unilingu ...
was transferred from Laukaa to Jyväskylän mlk in 1871, remaining a part of it until 1910.
In 1941, the areas of
Halssila,
Keljo,
Lohikoski,
Nisula,
Savela,
Taulumäki and
Tourula were transferred from Jyväskylän mlk to Jyväskylä, while the same was done for
Kuokkala,
Haukkala,
Keljonkangas and
Taka-Keljo in 1965.
Vaajakoski and
Palokka started growing in the 20th century, eventually merging into the built-up area of Jyväskylä in the 80s while still remaining parts of Jyväskylän mlk. In 2009, Jyväskylän maalaiskunta and
Korpilahti were merged into the town of Jyväskylä.
Transportation
The geographically lowest of the six locks on the Keitele-Päijänne canal is located in Vaajakoski. The European routes
E63 and
E75 run through Jyväskylän maalaiskunta east and north of Jyväskylä, respectively. Likewise, the east- and westbound railway lines that leave Jyväskylä have been laid on the rural municipality's soil.
Services and economy
Business life in Jyväskylän maalaiskunta is diversified. In addition to its conventional agriculture and forestry output, the municipality is home to companies such as Komas Oy, a system supplier of mechanical subassemblies, and Tikka Group, a manufacturer of studs for car winter tires (the situation as of 2006). Historically, Vaajakoski hosted a wide range of conventional industries up until the 1980s when structural changes in Finland's economy resulted in a shutdown of many long-standing factories and mills also in Jyväskylä's rural sibling. However, still actively operating in Vaajakoski's industrial area is the Panda chocolate and sweets factory, whose products are marketed the world over.
Palokankeskus in Palokka is a significant commercial area by the
national road 4.
External links
Jyväskylän maalaiskunta– Official Site
References
Notes
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The municipal administration was located in Taulumäki, even after it was transferred to the town of Jyväskylä in 1941.
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Former municipalities of Finland
Jyvaskylan maalaiskunta
Populated places disestablished in 2009
2009 disestablishments in Finland
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