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Keljonkangas
Keljonkangas is a district of Jyväskylä, Finland. It is located in the southern part of the city near the border with Muurame. The district is mainly residential, with the predominant types of housing being terraces and detached houses built between the 1950s and 1980s. The modern district includes the core of the historical village of Keljo, which was first mentioned in a written source from 1543. The historic center was located near the shore of the Päijänne, the second largest lake in Finland. Keljonkangas proper began developing into a suburban area after the Second World War, eventually surpassing the historical center of Keljo by the Keljonlahti bay. Keljonkangas became part of the town of Jyväskylä in 1965. Keljonkangas is also a statistical area, which is divided into seven sub-districts: Keljonkankaan keskusta, Keskikangas, Kaijanlampi, Jokipakka, Keljonlahti, Sarvivuori and Urtti. Geography Keljonkangas is located near the lake Päijänne. The river Myllyoja flo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keljo
is a district of Jyväskylä, in Central Finland, and a former village of Jyväskylän maalaiskunta. The distance to central Jyväskylä is about . Keljo forms the Keljo ward together with Keljonkangas, and . Geography The district borders and in the north, and Ristikivi in the east, Keljonkangas in the south, Etelä-Keljo in the southwest and Keltinmäki in the west. Keljo is subdivided into the areas of Keljon keskus, Valkola, Hauskala and Tarhamäki (Tarhamäentie). The larger Keljo ward also borders the municipality of Muurame. The modern district of Keljo (Etu-Keljo/Tarhamäki) was officially part of the register village of Jyväskylä and not Keljo proper, however the area has unofficially been seen as a part of Keljo at least since the establishment of the town of Jyväskylä. The register village of Keljo consisted of the modern districts of Keljonkangas, Ristikivi (Sippulanniemi), Etelä-Keljo, Sääksvuori, Taka-Keljo and Hanhiperä, as well as the Perälä ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jyväskylän Maalaiskunta
Jyväskylän maalaiskunta (), 'The Rural Municipality of Jyväskylä' is a List of former municipalities of Finland, former municipality of Finland. Together with Korpilahti, Jyväskylän maalaiskunta was consolidated with Jyväskylä on 1 January 2009. It was the last municipality to carry the name maalaiskunta. Jyväskylän maalaiskunta had three population centres: Vaajakoski, Tikkakoski and Palokka. Jyväskylä Airport 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). It was the last municipality with the name ''maalaiskunta'', "rural municipality", one of the four types of Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland in 1865–1976. The last municipality mayor of Jyväskylän maalaiskunta was Arto Lepistö. Geography Distances *Helsinki 270 km *Kuopio 140 km *Lahti 170 km *Tampere 150 km Vill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regions Of Finland
Finland is divided into 19 regions (; ) which are governed by regional councils that serve as forums of cooperation for the Municipalities of Finland, municipalities of each region. The councils are composed of delegates from the municipal councils. The main tasks of regional councils are regional planning, the development of enterprises, and education. Between 2004 and 2012, the regional council of Kainuu was elected via popular elections as part of an experimental regional administration. In 2022, new Wellbeing services counties of Finland, Wellbeing services counties were established as part of a health care and social services reform. The wellbeing services counties follow the regional borders, and are governed by directly elected county councils. Ã…land One region, Ã…land, has a special status and has a much higher degree of autonomy than the others, with its own Parliament of Ã…land, Parliament and local laws, due to its history of Ã…land, unique history and the fact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palokka
Palokka is a district of Jyväskylä and the largest area by population in the Palokka-Puuppola ward. Until 31 December 2008, it was a part of Jyväskylän maalaiskunta. The greater Palokka area has a population of ~14000. Palokka is approximately 5 km to the north of central Jyväskylä. The national road 4 goes through Palokka. Palokka is one of the fastest-growing parts of Jyväskylä. Geography Residential areas Officially, Palokka includes the following residential areas: The exact borders of Palokka are not well-defined. More commonly Palokka refers to the urbanized area and does not include the settlements on its outskirts, such as Saarenmaa. Lakes Palokka is located by the Alvajärvi and Palokkajärvi. The river Pappilanjoki connects the two lakes. The river Karjujoki connects Tyyppälänjärvi to Palokkajärvi. History Name The name ''Palokka'' refers to slash-and-burn agriculture (''palaa'' = to burn). Similar toponyms exist elsewhere in Finland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish National Road 9
The Finnish national road 9 (, ) is a main route. It runs from Turku through Loimaa, Tampere, Jämsä, Jyväskylä, Kuopio, Outokumpu and Joensuu to the Niirala border guard station in Tohmajärvi, right next to the Russian border. The length of the road is . Apart from the short section right near the center of Turku, highway 9 from Turku to Vuorela of Siilinjärvi is also part of the European route E63, which continues from Kuopio via Kajaani and Kuusamo to Sodankylä. In the case of Jyväskylä, the highway is known as the four-lane Vaajakoski Motorway (). The road belongs to the main roads defined by the Ministry of Transport and Communications and to the Trans-European road network. Route The road passes through the following municipalities: Turku – Lieto – Aura – Pöytyä – Loimaa – Humppila – Urjala – Akaa – Valkeakoski – Lempäälä – Tampere – Kangasala – Orivesi – Jämsä – Jyväskylä – Muurame – Jyväskylä (again) – Laukaa – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S Group
The S Group (, ) is a Finnish retailing cooperative organisation with its head office in Helsinki. Founded in 1904, it consists of 19 regional cooperatives operating all around Finland in addition to SOK, ''Suomen Osuuskauppojen Keskuskunta'' (The Central Finnish Cooperative Society). S Group operates in the markets for groceries, consumer durables, service station, hotel and restaurant services. It is engaged in close competition with Kesko, with which it shares an oligopolistic position in many of the markets it operates in. The group has businesses in Finland and Estonia. The S Group also had businesses in Latvia and Lithuania, but announced withdrawal from these markets in May 2017. It also withdrew from the Russian market in 2022. The organisation's member (loyalty) card is called ''S-Etukortti''. Ownership A client can invest a small sum on the local co-operative and become a client-owner. (The exact sum is decided by the local co-operative board and varies si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kesko
Kesko Corporation (, ) is a Finnish retailing conglomerate with its head office in Kalasatama, Helsinki. It is engaged in the grocery trade, building and technical trade, and car trade. It also has operations in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. History Kesko was formed when four regional wholesaling companies that had been founded by retailers were merged in October 1940. The new Kesko company started operating at the beginning of 1941. The need to purchase goods for the shareholder-retailers and to support their business operations and start cooperation among them resulted in the forming of the K-retailer group. By the end of the 1940s, Kesko's sales amounted to about 15 billion old Finnish markkas (equivalent to EUR 580 million in 2010), which was about 12% of the overall sales of the central companies operating in the Finnish trading sector. Divisions Grocery trade Kesko's grocery trade division is a key operator in the Finnish grocer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muuratsalo
Muuratsalo is an island in lake Päijänne, Finland. The northern part of the island belongs to Jyväskylä and the southern part to Muurame. It is located south from the Jyväskylä city centre and east from Muurame. There are 800 inhabitants in Muuratsalo. The Muuratsalo Experimental House by Alvar Aalto is located on the island. Elissa and Alvar Aalto discovered the place for this jewel of architecture while Säynätsalo Town Hall was under construction on the neighbouring island. History Muuratsalo was mentioned in 1782 as ''Murame Salo''. It was originally a part of the Jämsä parish, from 1861 a part of Korpilahti and from 1921 a part of Muurame. Säynätsalo Säynätsalo is a former municipality in Finland and a part of Jyväskylä. As of November 2010 its population was 3,340. Säynätsalo municipality consisted of islands of Säynätsalo and Lehtisaari and also a part of Muuratsalo island. All of ... became a separate municipality from Muurame in 1924, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Säynätsalo
Säynätsalo is a former municipality in Finland and a part of Jyväskylä. As of November 2010 its population was 3,340. Säynätsalo municipality consisted of islands of Säynätsalo and Lehtisaari and also a part of Muuratsalo island. All of the islands are located on the Lake Päijänne. Also a small slice of land on the continent was part of the municipality. Säynätsalo is famous for Säynätsalo Town Hall. Name The name ''Säynätsalo'' originally referred to the main island, which gets its name from ''säynäs'' meaning " ide" and ''salo'' meaning "island". Another municipality named after the ide was Säyneinen in Northern Savonia. History The island of Säynätsalo was first mentioned in 1782 as ''Säynet Salo''. At this time, it was an uninhabited island within the parish of Jämsä. The Korpilahti parish, including Säynätsalo, was split off from Jämsä in 1861. The businessman Johan Parviainen bought the island in 1897 and built a sawmill there in the ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jämsänkoski
Jämsänkoski is a former List of cities and towns in Finland, town and List of former municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland in the Central Finland region. It is located near Lake Päijänne and the Jämsänjoki river. The town had a population of 7,351 in 2008. It covered an area of 448.67 km² of which 48.02 km² is water. The population density was 16.9 inhabitants per km². The municipality of Koskenpää was consolidated with Jämsänkoski in 1969, while Jämsänkoski was consolidated with Jämsä in 2009. History Linnasenmäki, the remains of an Iron Age hillfort, are located in the southern part of Jämsänkoski near the paper mill. The area may have had Stone Age settlement as well. Jämsänkoski was originally only the name of the rapids in the Jämsänjoki river. The area was originally a part of the Jämsä parish. A sawmill has existed by the rapids since the 1790s. Paper production started in 1888, when Elieser Johansson and Per Benjamin Kà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Partition
Great Partition ( ) was an agricultural land reform in Swedish Empire. It was a reform supported by the government with the purpose of shifting the land of the village communities, from the ''solskifte'', where every farmer owned several pieces of land split about the village, to a new system, where every farmer owned a connected piece of farmland. The purpose was to increase profit. This was the greatest land reform in Swedish history. The shift began in 1749 by the initiative of Jacob Faggot, and in 1757 a regulation was issued to given the reform a set organization. Initially, the request to start a reform of a peasant community demanded consensus, but in the regulation of 1757, a village could be shifted upon the request of only one farmer. The reform greatly changed the rural life. According to the old rules, ''solskifte'', the farmers of a village all had equal share in the land owned by the village collectively, and the land belonging to their farm were split around the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
