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Juupajoki
Juupajoki is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of (), which makes it the least populous municipality in Pirkanmaa. It covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Korkeakoski is the administrative center of the municipality. Neighbouring municipalities are Jämsä, Mänttä-Vilppula, Orivesi and Ruovesi. The city of Tampere is located southwest of Juupajoki. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. People * Kauko Helovirta (1924–1997), writer * Jaakko Syrjä (1926–2022), writer Gallery File:Juupajoen kunnanvirasto.jpg, Borough hall of Juupajoki File:Korkeakosken vanha kenkätehdas, Juupajoki.JPG, Korkeakoski's old shoe factory at Juupajoki File:Korkeakoski - alajuoksu.jpg, Korkeakoski River See also * Finnish national road 58 The Finnish national road 58 (; ) is the main road from Kangasala to Kärsämäki via Orivesi, Jämsä, Keuruu, Karstula, Kinnula and Haapajärvi. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirkanmaa
Pirkanmaa (; ; ), also known as ''Tampere Region'' in government documents, is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, South Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Päijät-Häme, Kanta-Häme and Southwest Finland. Most of the water area in the Kokemäki River watershed is located in the Pirkanmaa region, although Lake Vanajavesi is partly in the Kanta-Häme region. The region got its name from Pirkkala, which in the Middle Ages comprised most of present-day Pirkanmaa. Tampere is the regional center and capital of Pirkanmaa, and at the same time the largest city in the region. The total population of Pirkanmaa was 529,100 on 30 June 2022, which makes it the second largest among Finland's regions after Uusimaa. The population density is well over twice the Finnish average, and most of its population is largely concentrated in the Tampere metropolitan area. History Pirkanmaa has been inhabited for thousands of years. In the Bronze Age, agriculture replaced hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Pirkanmaa
The 23 Municipalities of Finland, municipalities of the Pirkanmaa, Pirkanmaa Region () in Finland are divided into five Sub-regions of Finland, sub-regions. __NOTOC__ North Western Pirkanmaa sub-region *Ikaalinen (''Ikalis'') *Kihniö *Parkano Southern Pirkanmaa sub-region *Akaa (''Ackas'') *Urjala *Valkeakoski South Western Pirkanmaa sub-region *Punkalaidun *Sastamala Tampere sub-region *Hämeenkyrö (''Tavastkyro'') *Kangasala *Kuhmoinen (''Kuhmois'') *Lempäälä *Nokia, Finland, Nokia *Orivesi *Pälkäne *Pirkkala (''Birkala'') *Tampere (''Tammerfors'') *Vesilahti *Ylöjärvi Upper Pirkanmaa sub-region *Juupajoki *Mänttä-Vilppula *Ruovesi *Virrat (''Virdois'') List of municipalities See also *Western Finland *Regions of Western Finland External links {{commonscat-inline, Municipalities in Pirkanmaa Municipalities of Pirkanmaa, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Pirkanmaa
Upper Pirkanmaa is a subdivision of Pirkanmaa and one of the sub-regions of Finland since 2009. Municipalities Politics Results of the 2018 Finnish presidential election: * Sauli Niinistö 63.6% * Laura Huhtasaari 8.5% * Paavo Väyrynen 7.8% * Pekka Haavisto 6.2% * Matti Vanhanen 5.4% * Tuula Haatainen 4.8% * Merja Kyllönen 3.4% * Nils Torvalds Nils Ole Hilmer Torvalds (born 7 August 1945) is a Finnish politician who had been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2012 to 2024. He is a member of the Swedish People's Party of Finland, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democra ... 0.3% Sub-regions of Finland Geography of Pirkanmaa {{WesternFinland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korkeakoski
Korkeakoski () is a village and administrative center of the Juupajoki municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland. It has a population of 822. It is located along Highway 58 between Orivesi and Kärsämäki, and the Tampere–Haapamäki railway runs through its center. In Korkeakoski there is a municipal hall, a health center, a school for grades 3-9 and a Sale grocery store. Finland's first mechanized shoe factory Shoemaking is the process of making footwear. Originally, shoes were made one at a time by hand, often by groups of shoemakers, or ''cordwainers'' (sometimes misidentified as cobblers, who repair shoes rather than make them). In the 18th cent ... called ''Wallenius Wapriikki'', founded by Edward Wallenius in 1898, is also located in Korkeakoski. (in Finnish) See also *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kauko Helovirta
Kauko Kustaa Helovirta (Hellström, 21 October 1924 – 13 September 1997, Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish film actor. Helovirta was born in Juupajoki, and started his acting career in 1950. He made about 40 Finnish-language films between then and 1995. Helovirta starred in the 1977 film '' Jäniksen vuosi'', a film about a man from Helsinki who leaves to find a new life in the wilderness, alongside actor Antti Litja. Towards the end of his career in the mid-1990s he appeared on television Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, .... He died in Helsinki. Selected filmography References External links * 1924 births 1997 deaths People from Juupajoki Finnish male film actors Finnish male television actors Finnish male voice actors 20th-century Finnish male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mänttä-Vilppula
Mänttä-Vilppula (; , also ) is a List of cities and towns in Finland, town and Municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. The municipalities of Mänttä and Vilppula were consolidated into a single municipality on January 1, 2009. It is located in the Pirkanmaa region. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. Major lakes in the area include the Lake Ruovesi, Ruovesi, Lake Kuorevesi, Kuorevesi and Keurusselkä. The municipality is unilingually Finnish language, Finnish. Neighbouring municipalities are Keuruu, Juupajoki, Jämsä, Ruovesi and Virrat. The city of Tampere is located southwest of the center of Mänttä-Vilppula. Culturally, Mänttä-Vilppula is known, among other things, for the Serlachius Museum situated in the Mänttä area, which houses the art collection collected by ''Vuorineuvos'' Gösta Serlachius (1876–1942). Also, the Mänttä Art Festival is held annually in the summer. Notable people * Eero Rahola (1897–197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruovesi
Ruovesi is a municipality in the Pirkanmaa region of Finland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are Juupajoki, Mänttä-Vilppula, Orivesi, Tampere, Virrat and Ylöjärvi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Helvetinjärvi National Park is located in Ruovesi. The biggest lake in the area of the municipality, Lake Ruovesi, is a part of the Kokemäki River basin. The educational department takes part in Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013 in Finland. File:Iso Helvetinjarvi.jpg, Helvetinjärvi National Park File:Ruovesi Church 2021.jpg, Ruovesi Church File:Ruovesi Forest.jpg, Birch forest near Ruovesi People born in Ruovesi * Väinö Nyström (1857 – 1918) * Verner Järvinen (1870 – 1941) * Kalle Häkkinen (1878 – 1919) * Akseli Anttila (1897 – 1953) * Jorma Gallen-Kallela (1898 – 1939) * Eila Eskola-Kyröläinen (1931 – 2015) * Kimmo Latvamäki ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orivesi
Orivesi () is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the northeast of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Orivesi is approximately , while the Tampere metropolitan area, metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. Orivesi has an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality official language is monolingually Finnish language, Finnish. Orivesi was founded in 1869. It was municipality until 1986 when it became a List of cities and towns in Finland, city of Finland. The municipality of Eräjärvi was consolidated with Orivesi in 1973. A part of the municipality of Längelmäki was consolidated with Orivesi in 2007. Today, neighbouring municipalities are Juupajoki, Jämsä, Kangasala, Kuhmoinen, Ruovesi and Tampere. The distance from Orivesi to Tampere is . The town center of Orivesi is located by the Lake Längelmävesi. Orivesi wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish National Road 58
The Finnish national road 58 (; ) is the main road from Kangasala to Kärsämäki via Orivesi, Jämsä, Keuruu, Karstula, Kinnula and Haapajärvi. The road is also called Suomenselkätie "Suomenselkä road" and has been marketed as an alternative road connection to Highways Finnish national road 4, 4 and Finnish national road 9, 9. The length of the road is about , which makes it the longest Highways in Finland, 2nd class main route in Finland.Teillä ja turuilla: Suomen pisin kantatie (in Finnish) In the 1938 road numbering system, main road 58 was the road between Lahti and Padasjoki, but after the completion of the Helsinki–Lahti road, Highway 4 switched to Lahti and road number 58 was taken out of service. In the mid-1970s, however, it was reopened on the road between Orivesi and Keuru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jämsä
Jämsä () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region, about southwest of Jyväskylä. The municipality has a population of (), which makes it the second most populous town of the Central Finland after Jyväskylä. It covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is officially Finnish-speaking. The municipality of Kuorevesi was consolidated with Jämsä in 2001. The municipality of Längelmäki was partly consolidated with Jämsä in 2007. The municipality of Jämsänkoski was consolidated with Jämsä in the beginning of 2009. It is the center of Finnish aeronautics industry – the aircraft factory and aeronautical engineering offices of Patria is located at Halli Airport in Jämsä. Since 1994, the ski slope at Himos has been used as a super special stage at the Rally Finland. Geography There are all together around 465 lakes in Jämsä; the largest lakes are Päijänne, and Lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Finland
Central Finland (; ) is a Regions of Finland, region ( / ) in Finland. It borders the regions of Päijät-Häme, Pirkanmaa, South Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, North Ostrobothnia, Northern Savonia, North Savo, and Southern Savonia, South Savo. The city of Jyväskylä is the regional centre and by far the largest city in the area. Central Finland lies slightly south of the geographical centre of Finland. The landscape is hilly and a large part of the province belongs to the Finnish Lakeland. The largest lake in the very water-based region is Lake Päijänne (1,080 km2). Other large lakes are Lake Keitele (490 km2), Lake Konnevesi (190 km2) and Lake Kivijärvi (Central Finland), Lake Kivijärvi (150 km2). The highest point in the region is Kiiskilänmäki in the municipality of Multia, Finland, Multia, which reaches an altitude of 269 meters above sea level. Kuokanjoki, Finland's shortest river and one of the world's shortest rivers is in the region. Central Finland has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aamulehti
''Aamulehti'' ( Finnish for "morning newspaper") is a Finnish-language daily newspaper published in Tampere, Finland. Established in 1881 by Finnish patriots in Tampere, the newspaper aimed to bolster the Finnish language and people's identity during Russia's reign over Finland. Throughout the Cold War, ''Aamulehti'' was accused by the Soviet Union of spreading US propaganda, leading to protests from the Soviet Embassy in Helsinki. In the 1980s, the newspaper's parent company acquired and later closed down '' Uusi Suomi''. In 2014, ''Aamulehti'' transitioned from broadsheet to tabloid format. Until 1992, the newspaper aligned with the National Coalition Party, but it is no longer politically affiliated. Ownership shifted from Aamulehti Corporation to Alma Media in 2003. In 2020, Sanoma corporation acquired Alma Media, thereby assuming ownership of ''Aamulehti''. ''Aamulehtis content includes regular features and supplements like "Moro" for Tampere's culture, "Valo" for enter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
