Muuratsalo is an island in lake Päijänne,

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. The northern part of the island belongs to

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 ...

and the southern part to

Muurame Muurame is a Municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland, located south-west of Jyväskylä, the regional capital of Central Finland. Muurame itself is located between two lakes, Lake Päijänne and Lake Muuratjärvi. These two lakes are c ...

. 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 Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (; 3 February 1898 – 11 May 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware, as well as sculptures and paintings. He never regarded himself as an artist, see ...

is located on the island. Elissa and Alvar Aalto discovered the place for this jewel of architecture while

Säynätsalo Town Hall The Säynätsalo Town Hall () is a multifunction building complex, consisting of two main buildings organised around a central courtyard: a U-shaped council chamber and town hall with administrative offices, and a community library with flats. Th ...

was under construction on the neighbouring island.

History

Muuratsalo was mentioned in 1782 as ''Murame Salo''. It was originally a part of the

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 ...

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, but Muuratsalo belonged entirely to Muurame until 1935, when the northern part was given to Säynätsalo. The northern part of Muuratsalo has belonged to Jyväskylä since 1993 as the Säynätsalo municipality was consolidated with Jyväskylä.

References

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Muuratsalo Experimental HouseMuuratsalo Experimental House in Classisc of Architecture
Lake islands of Finland Lake Päijänne Muurame {{WesternFinland-geo-stub