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Vaajakoski
Vaajakoski is a district of Jyväskylä, Finland and the centre of Vaajakoski-Jyskä ward. It is located seven kilometres from the city centre on the Northern end of lake Päijänne, where it is bordered by Jyskä to the west, Sulunperä and Kaunisharju to the north, Tölskä to the west and Haapaniemi, Jyväskylä, Haapaniemi to the south. As of January 2012 the population of Vaajakoski district was 1503. In spoken language the name Vaajakoski is used to describe big parts of Vaajakoski-Jyskä ward. Gallery File:Kakaravaara.JPG, Semi-detached houses of Kakaravaara in Northern Vaajakoski File:Vaajakosken koulu3.jpg, Vaajakoski Junior Highschool File:Vaajakosken kirkko 1.JPG, Interior of Vaajakoski Lutheran Church File:Baptist Church Vaajakoski.jpg, Vaajakoski Baptist Church File:Wessmanninmäki 2.jpg, Wesmanninmäki File:Jyväskylä Vaajakoski Haapatie.jpg, A street view to Haapatie References External links * Wessmanni, a local Newspaper in Vaajakoski Neighbourho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaajakoski-Jyskä
Vaajakoski-Jyskä is a ward of Jyväskylä, Finland. It is located seven kilometres from the city centre on both sides of Vaajavirta river on the Northern end of lake Päijänne and on the Western end of Lake Leppävesi. As of July 2011 the population of Vaajakoski-Jyskä was 14.588. Before 2009 Vaajakoski-Jyskä belonged to Jyväskylän maalaiskunta. In spoken language the name Vaajakoski is used to describe big parts of Vaajakoski-Jyskä ward. The Vaajakoski-Jyskä ward is divided into 12 different neighbourhoods. Population of neighbourhoods of Vaajakoski-Jyskä in 2007 Gallery File:Naissaari talvella 2.JPG, Naissaari, Vaajakoski File:Kakaravaara.JPG, Semi-detached houses of Kakaravaara in Northern Vaajakoski File:Highland cattle.jpg, A highland cattle at Ysitien Lemmikki Zoo in Leppälahti File:Panda factory.jpg, Panda candy factory in Vaajakoski File:Vaajakoski motorway.jpg, Vaajakoski Motorway File:Vaajakosken koulu3.jpg , Vaajakoski Junior Highschool File:Vaajakosken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaajakoski Baptist Church
The Vaajakoski Baptist Church (also known as the Vaajakoski Baptist Congregation; ) is a Finnish Baptist congregation in Jyväskylä, Finland. It belongs to the Finnish Baptist Church and was founded in 1920. As its name refers, the current congregation building is located in the Vaajakoski district of Jyväskylä. The congregation has approximately 150 baptized members and is one of the strongest congregations of the Finnish Baptist Church together with the congreations of Turku and Tampere. History The free church revival had an impact on the region already in the 1890s. In particular, the coming to faith of , the Norwegian-born ironmaster, had a strong impact on the life of the locality. The actual work of the Baptists began in Vaajakoski in 1911, when Baptist preachers P. Mikkonen and baptized Baptism (from ) is a Christian sacrament of initiation almost invariably with the use of water. It may be performed by sprinkling or pouring water on the head, or by imm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä () is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Central Finland. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Jyväskylä is approximately , while the Jyväskylä sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is Finland's most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality, and fifth most populous List of urban areas in Finland by population, urban area. Jyväskylä is located about northeast of Tampere, the third largest city in Finland; and about north of Helsinki, the national capital. The Jyväskylä sub-region includes Jyväskylä, Hankasalmi, Laukaa, Muurame, Petäjävesi, Toivakka, and Uurainen. Other neighbouring municipalities of Jyväskylä are Joutsa, Jämsä and Luhanka. Jyväskylä is the largest city in the Central Finland and Finnish Lakeland region. Jyväskylä was one of the fastest growing cities in Finland during the 20th century; in 1940, there were only 8,000 inhabitants in Jyväskylä. Elias Lönnrot, the auth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haapaniemi, Jyväskylä
Haapaniemi is a district of Jyväskylä in Central Finland, located to the south of Vaajakoski. Before 2009, it was a part of Jyväskylän maalaiskunta and was one of its register villages. The distance to central Jyväskylä is roughly 6 km. Geography The name of Haapaniemi refers to its location on a peninsula (Finnish: ) surrounded by the lake Päijänne. The bay to its west is known as ''Haapalahti''. The district of Haapaniemi also includes the Sammallahti/Varaslahti area, which is defined as a separate statistical area. Islands within the district include Iso Haapasaari, Pikku Haapasaari and Varassaari. The register village of Haapaniemi also included central Vaajakoski in the north as well as the island of Vuoritsalo in the south. In the north, it extended to the border with Laukaa, however the area of Kaunisharju was part of the village of Leppävesi.Jyväskylän maalaiskunnan historia, p. 22. Roads The main road of Haapaniemi is called ''Haapaniementie'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, opposite Estonia. Finland has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Helsinki. The majority of the population are Finns, ethnic Finns. The official languages are Finnish language, Finnish and Swedish language, Swedish; 84.1 percent of the population speak the first as their mother tongue and 5.1 percent the latter. Finland's climate varies from humid continental climate, humid continental in the south to boreal climate, boreal in the north. The land cover is predominantly boreal forest biome, with List of lakes of Finland, more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first settled around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period, last Ice Age. During the Stone Age, various cultures emerged, distinguished by differen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Finland
Between 1634 and 2009, Finland was administered as several provinces, or counties (, ). Finland had always been a unitary state: the provincial authorities were part of the central government's executive branch and apart from Åland, the provinces had little autonomy. There were never any elected provincial parliaments in continental Finland. The system was initially created by the Instrument of Government (1634), Instrument of Government of 1634 when Finland was a Finland as part of Sweden, part of Sweden. Its makeup was changed drastically on 1 September 1997, when the number of the provinces was reduced from twelve to six. This effectively made them purely administrative units, as linguistic and cultural boundaries no longer followed the borders of the provinces. The provinces were eventually abolished at the end of 2009. Consequently, different ministries may subdivide their areal organization differently. Besides the former provinces, the municipalities of Finland form the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of the UTC+03:00 time zone, which is 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in some European and Middle Eastern countries, which makes it the same as Arabia Standard Time, East Africa Time, and Moscow Time. During the winter periods, Eastern European Time ( UTC+02:00) is used. Since 1996, European Summer Time has been applied from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. Previously, the rules were not uniform across the European Union. Usage The following countries and territories use Eastern European Summer Time during the summer: * Belarus, Moscow Summer Time in years 1981–89, regular EEST from 1991-2011 * Bulgaria, regular EEST since 1979 * Cyprus, regular EEST since 1979 ( Northern Cyprus stopped using EEST in September 2016, but returned to EEST in March 2018) * Egypt, in the years 1988–2010, 2014–2015 and since 2023 (see also Egypt Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
