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Muurame
Municipality
Muuramen kunta Muurame kommun
Muurame church, designed by Alvar Aalto
Coat of arms
Location of Muurame in Finland
Coordinates: 62°08′N 025°40.5′E / 62.133°N 25.6750°E / 62.133; 25.6750
Country	Finland
Region	Central Finland
Sub-region	Jyväskylä sub-region
Charter	1921
Government
• Municipal manager	Ari Ranta-aho
Area
• Total	194.05 km (74.92 sq mi)
• Land	144.06 km (55.62 sq mi)
• Water	49.99 km (19.30 sq mi)
• Rank	280th largest in Finland
Population
• Total	10,566
• Rank	91st largest in Finland
• Density	73.34/km (189.9/sq mi)
Population by native language
• Finnish	97.9% (official)
• Swedish	0.2%
• Others	2%
Population by age
• 0 to 14	21.5%
• 15 to 64	59.7%
• 65 or older	18.8%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.muurame.fi

Muurame is a municipality of Finland, located 16 kilometres (10 mi) south-west of Jyväskylä. Muurame itself is located between two lakes, Lake Päijänne and Lake Muuratjärvi. These two lakes are connected to each other via River Muurame. All together there are 37 lakes in Muurame. Biggest lakes beside Päijänne are Muuratjärvi and Lake Kuusjärvi. River Muurame streams through the population center of Muurame. Muurame was founded in 1921.

The Muurame church is of Alvar Aalto's design, being his first church design to be completed in 1929. It was comprehensively restored in 2016 to its original design.

Name

Muurame is a dialectal word referring to the cloudberry, which also can be seen in the municipal coat of arms. Similar toponyms nearby include Muuratsalo, Muuratjärvi, Muuramenlampi and Muuratharju.

History

Muurame was originally a part of the Jämsä. There were also external hunting grounds of Pälkäne in the area. In 1539, there were four farms in Muurame: two of the estates paid taxes to Jämsä, while the other two were taxed from Pälkäne.

Korpilahti, including Muurame, was separated from Jämsä in 1861. Muurame was in turn separated from Korpilahti in 1921. Säynätsalo was separated from Muurame ecclesiastically in 1922 and administratively in 1924.

Notable people

Athletes

• Emilia Nyström, Finnish beach volleyball
• Erika Nyström, Finnish beach volleyball
• Jussi Pesonen, ice hockey player
• Harri Pesonen, ice hockey player
• Mikko Ronkainen, Freestyle skier

Twinnings

• Alatskivi Parish, Estonia
• Vinje, Norway

See also

• Muuratsalo

References

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4. "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.
5. ^ "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
6. "Muurame". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
7. ^ "Alvar Aallon nuoruudensynti remontoidaan alkuperäiseen loistoonsa" [Alvar Aalto's 'aberration of youth' to be restored to its original glory] (in Finnish). Yle. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
8. "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 278. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
9. Jalkanen, Kaarlo Jonathan (1900). Rautalammin vanhan hallintopitäjän historia (in Finnish) (2010 ed.). Jyväskylä: SKS. p. (attached map). ISBN 978-952-222-221-3.
10. Virkkala, Kalevi (1954). Suur-Jämsän historia I (in Finnish). Forssa: Municipalities of Jämsä, Korpilahti, Petäjävesi, Muurame, Säynätsalo, Jämsänkoski and Koskenpää. p. 121.
11. "Suomen Sukututkimusseura - Korpilahti". hiski.genealogia.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved June 13, 2023.
12. "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 278+437. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
13. "Suomen Sukututkimusseura - Säynätsalo". hiski.genealogia.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved June 13, 2023.
14. Suomalainen paikannimikirja, page 437.
15. "Välissuhted" (in Estonian). Alatskivi vald. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
16. "Muurame Info" (in Finnish). Municipality of Muurame. Archived from the original on 14 October 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

External links

Media related to Muurame at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Muurame – Official website (in Finnish)

v t e Places adjacent to Muurame
Jyväskylä Jyväskylä Muurame Jyväskylä Toivakka Jyväskylä

v t e Municipalities of Central Finland
Municipalities	Äänekoski Hankasalmi Jämsä Joutsa Jyväskylä Kannonkoski Karstula Keuruu Kinnula Kivijärvi Konnevesi Kyyjärvi Laukaa Luhanka Multia Muurame Petäjävesi Pihtipudas Saarijärvi Toivakka Uurainen Viitasaari
Former municipalities	Äänekosken maalaiskunta Jämsänkoski Jyväskylän maalaiskunta Konginkangas Korpilahti Koskenpää Leivonmäki Pihlajavesi Pylkönmäki Säynätsalo Sumiainen Suolahti
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