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Juupajoki

Juupajoki
Municipality
Juupajoen kunta
Juupajoki kommun
Kallenaution kievari, a café museum in Juupajoki
Kallenaution kievari, a café museum in Juupajoki
Coat of arms of Juupajoki
Location of Juupajoki in Finland
Location of Juupajoki in Finland
Coordinates: 61°47.8′N 024°22.2′E / 61.7967°N 24.3700°E / 61.7967; 24.3700
Country Finland
RegionPirkanmaa
Sub-regionUpper Pirkanmaa
Charter1913
SeatKorkeakoski
Government
 • Municipal managerRiku Siren
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total
274.95 km2 (106.16 sq mi)
 • Land258.49 km2 (99.80 sq mi)
 • Water16.47 km2 (6.36 sq mi)
 • Rank242nd largest in Finland
Population
 (2024-12-31)[2]
 • Total
1,666
 • Rank273rd largest in Finland
 • Density6.45/km2 (16.7/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish98.1% (official)
 • Swedish0.2%
 • Others1.7%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1413.6%
 • 15 to 6453.9%
 • 65 or older32.5%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitejuupajoki.fi/en/ Edit this at Wikidata

Juupajoki is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 1,666 (31 December 2024),[2] which makes it the least populous municipality in Pirkanmaa. It covers an area of 274.95 square kilometres (106.16 sq mi) of which 16.47 km2 (6.36 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 6.45 inhabitants per square kilometre (16.7/sq mi). Korkeakoski is the administrative center of the municipality.[5]

Neighbouring municipalities are Jämsä, Mänttä-Vilppula, Orivesi and Ruovesi. The city of Tampere is located 56 kilometres (35 mi) southwest of Juupajoki.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

People

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Population increased most in Uusimaa in 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 23 January 2025. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  5. ^ Juupajoen kylät (in Finnish)
  6. ^ "Outsider Etelänavalla – Korkki ja Lipponen Sumulaakson sankareina". yle.fi (in Finnish). 21 September 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Nuori Kauko Helovirta kouliintui näyttelijäksi Karhumäen tivolissa". yle.fi (in Finnish). 20 October 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  8. ^ Aaltio, Marja. "90-year-old writer Jaakko Syrjä would have liked to have written more". Aamulehti (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2024.

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