Juupajoki
Juupajoki | |
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Municipality | |
Juupajoen kunta Juupajoki kommun | |
Kallenaution kievari, a café museum in Juupajoki | |
![]() Location of Juupajoki in Finland | |
Coordinates: 61°47.8′N 024°22.2′E / 61.7967°N 24.3700°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Pirkanmaa |
Sub-region | Upper Pirkanmaa |
Charter | 1913 |
Seat | Korkeakoski |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Riku Siren |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 274.95 km2 (106.16 sq mi) |
• Land | 258.49 km2 (99.80 sq mi) |
• Water | 16.47 km2 (6.36 sq mi) |
• Rank | 242nd largest in Finland |
Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,666 |
• Rank | 273rd largest in Finland |
• Density | 6.45/km2 (16.7/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 98.1% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.2% |
• Others | 1.7% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 13.6% |
• 15 to 64 | 53.9% |
• 65 or older | 32.5% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | juupajoki |
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
- Kauko Helovirta (1924–1997), writer[6][7]
- Jaakko Syrjä (1926–2022), writer[8]
Gallery
- Borough hall of Juupajoki
- Korkeakoski's old shoe factory at Juupajoki
- Korkeakoski River
See also
References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Population increased most in Uusimaa in 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 23 January 2025. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ Juupajoen kylät (in Finnish)
- ^ "Outsider Etelänavalla – Korkki ja Lipponen Sumulaakson sankareina". yle.fi (in Finnish). 21 September 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "Nuori Kauko Helovirta kouliintui näyttelijäksi Karhumäen tivolissa". yle.fi (in Finnish). 20 October 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ 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.
External links
Media related to Juupajoki at Wikimedia Commons
Juupajoki travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Municipality of Juupajoki – Official website