Moksi is a small village in

Korpilahti Korpilahti is a former municipality of Finland. Together with Jyväskylän maalaiskunta, Korpilahti was consolidated with Jyväskylä on January 1, 2009. It is located in the former province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finla ...

, since 2009 a part of

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 located in the Pohjois-Korpilahti statistical area along with Tikkala and Sarvenperä-

Saukkola Saukkola () is an urban area and Districts of Lohja, district in the city of Lohja and the former administrative center, administrative centre of the Nummi-Pusula municipality. Old Turku Road between Turku and Helsinki (Finnish regional road 110, ...

. The population of the statistical Moksi sub-district (''pienalue'') in 2021 was 141. Aside from Moksi proper, the statistical area also includes the villages/hamlets of Varrasperä, Humma, Hoikanpohja, Nakkerinpohja, Römminpohja and Hankapohja.

Geography

Moksi is located near a lake named ''Moksinjärvi'', connected to Päijänne by the Vuojoki. The highest point of Korpilahti (and Jyväskylä since 2009) is ''Uutelanmäki'' in the southern part of Moksi, at 257,80 m from sea level.

History

Moksi is named after a local farm, established in 1582. According to Terho Itkonen, the name is of

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origin and related to the

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word ''mokseđ'' meaning "to cross over water". The village name Moksi in

Vihti Vihti (; ) is a municipality in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Vihti is situated in the Uusimaa region. The population of Vihti is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Fin ...

likely has the same origin. As a village, Moksi was first mentioned in 1773 as ''Moxi''. It was a part of

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 ...

until 1861 when Korpilahti became an independent municipality. After Korpilahti's consolidation with

in 2009, Moksi became one of its sub-districts. The village has also been known as ''Riihijärvi'', which may suggest that this name has been used for the Moksinjärvi as well.

Events

A special stage of

Rally Finland Rally Finland (formerly known as the Neste Rally Finland, Neste Oil Rally Finland, 1000 Lakes Rally and Rally of the Thousand Lakes; , ) is a rallying, rally competition in the Finnish Lakeland in Central Finland. The rally is driven on wide an ...

has often been driven in Moksi. In 2021 and 2022, the route was called ''Sahloinen-Moksi'', Sahloinen being a nearby village further west in

Koskenpää Koskenpää is a village and List of former municipalities of Finland, former municipality of Finland in the Central Finland region. It was consolidated with Jämsänkoski in 1969, which in turn was consolidated with Jämsä in 2009. It bordered ...

Services

Moksi does not have a functioning school. The former school building is now used as a meeting hall.

External links

moksi.fi
– Official website

References

Villages in Central Finland Korpilahti {{WesternFinland-geo-stub