Konnevesi is a

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. It is located in the former

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and is part of the

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. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. Neighbouring municipalities are

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, Vesanto and

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. The municipality is unilingually

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. There are all together exactly 100 lakes in Konnevesi. The biggest lakes are

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Lake Konnevesi Konnevesi is a lake in Finland. Konnevesi is a rather large lake in the Kymijoki main catchment area. It is located in the regions Pohjois-Savo and Keski-Suomi. There is a plan (year 2014) to establish a new National Park A national par ...

and

Liesvesi Liesvesi is a medium-sized lake of Central Finland in the Kymijoki main catchment area. It is situated in the Konnevesi municipality. It belongs to the Konnevesi-Laukaa canoeing route. See also *List of lakes in Finland There are 187,888 la ...

. The

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is . The logging tongs appearing in Konnevesi's

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refer to local

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. The coat of arms was designed by Gustaf von Numers, and the Konnevesi municipal council approved it in its meetings on April 23, 1964. The

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approved the coat of arms for use on August 21 of the same year.

History

Konnevesi was first mentioned in 1554 as ''Konnevessij äremarch''. The name is derived from the

lake Konnevesi Konnevesi is a lake in Finland. Konnevesi is a rather large lake in the Kymijoki main catchment area. It is located in the regions Pohjois-Savo and Keski-Suomi. There is a plan (year 2014) to establish a new National Park A national par ...

, which in turn likely got its name from a Sámic word meaning "deer" (reconstructed proto-Sámic ''*kontē''). Konnevesi became a separate parish from Rautalampi in 1919 and a separate municipality in 1922.

Villages

* Hänniskylä * Hytölä * Istunmäki * Kärkkäiskylä (l. Kirkonkylä) * Lummukka * Mäkäräniemi * Pukara * Pyhälahti * Rossinkylä * Siikakoski * Sirkkamäki * Särkisalo * Lahdenkylä * Pyydyskylä (l.Välimäki) * Leskelänkylä * Jouhtikylä * Tankolampi

Dialect

The dialect of Konnevesi is a Savonian dialect. The dialect is transitional between the Central Finnish and Northern Savonian subgroups, with the speech of the western villages having more Central Finnish features while the speech in the eastern villages (such as Mäkäräniemi) is closer to the Northern Savonian dialects.

Notable individuals

* Juha Karjalainen, former soccer player * Miika Lahti, ice hockey player

Gallery

File:Konneveden kirkko.JPG, Konnevesi Church File:Konneveden museo Tuulimylly.JPG, A windmill at Konnevesi Museum File:Järvinäkymä Konnevesi Pyhälahti.jpg, Lake Keitele in Konnevesi File:Konnevesi Siikakoski Helmikuussa.JPG, Siikakoski rapid File:Neiturin kanava.JPG, Neituri canal

References

External links

Municipality of Konnevesi
– Official website Populated places established in 1922 {{WesternFinland-geo-stub