Muurame
| Muurame | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Muuramen kunta | ||
| Muurame Church, designed by Alvar Aalto
Muurame Church, designed by Alvar Aalto
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| Location of Muurame in Finland Location of Muurame in Finland |
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| Country |  Finland |
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| Region | Central Finland | |
| Sub-region | Jyväskylä sub-region | |
| Charter | 1921 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Ari Ranta-aho | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 194.05 km2 (74.92 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 144.06 km2 (55.62 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 49.99 km2 (19.30 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 305th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 9,816 | |
| • Rank | 114th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 68.14/km2 (176.5/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 98.9% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.1% | |
| • Others | 1% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 23.4% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 65% | |
| • 65 or older | 11.6% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% | |
| 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.[6] River Muurame streams through the population center of Muurame. Muurame was founded in 1921.
Church of Muurame is of Alvar Aalto's design.
Contents
Gallery
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Muurame nature trail.jpg
Nature trail in Muurame
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Muurame boats.jpg
Boats in Muurame
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Muurame boats3.jpg
Boats on the lake Saarenlahti
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Eurocopter at Rally Finland 2007.JPG
Eurocopter AS 350 B2 Ecureuil at 2nd Vellipohja stage in Rally Finland 2007
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Freight railway wagons in Finland.jpg
Freight railway wagons in Muurame
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KinkomaaHospital2.jpg.jpg
Kinkomaa Hospital
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Sääksjärvi Jyväskylä.jpg
Lake Sääksjärvi
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KinkomaaHospital3.jpg
Kinkomaa Hospital
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Muuramekirkko2.jpg
Muurame Church
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Orivesi-Jyväskylä railway in Muurame2.jpg
Orivesi-Jyväskylä railway in Muurame
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Jari-Matti Latvala in Neste Oil Rally 2010 in Muurame
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Vuorenlahti.jpg
Vuorenlahti neighbourhood
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Muuratjärvi.jpg
Lake Muuratjärvi
Twinnings
Alatskivi Parish, Estonia[7]
Vinje, Norway[8]
References
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- Municipality of Muurame – Official website (Finnish)
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