Petäjävesi
| Petäjävesi | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| — Municipality — | |||
| Petäjäveden kunta | |||
 |
|||
|
|||
 |
|||
| Coordinates: 62°15.5′N 025°11′E / 62.2583°N 25.183°ECoordinates: 62°15.5′N 025°11′E / 62.2583°N 25.183°E | |||
| Country | Finland | ||
| Region | Central Finland | ||
| Sub-region | Jyväskylä sub-region | ||
| Charter | 1868 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Municipal manager | Teppo Sirniö | ||
| Area(2011-01-01)[1] | |||
| • Total | 495.39 km2 (191.27 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 456.38 km2 (176.21 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 39.01 km2 (15.06 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 233rd largest in Finland | ||
| Population (2012-01-31)[2] | |||
| • Total | 4,072 | ||
| • Rank | 213th largest in Finland | ||
| • Density | 8.92/km2 (23.1/sq mi) | ||
| Population by native language[3] | |||
| • Finnish | 99.2% (official) | ||
| • Swedish | 0.1% | ||
| • Others | 0.7% | ||
| Population by age[4] | |||
| • 0 to 14 | 18.2% | ||
| • 15 to 64 | 62% | ||
| • 65 or older | 19.8% | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20% | ||
| Website | www.petajavesi.fi | ||
Petäjävesi is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland, next to Jyväskylä and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 4,072 (31 January 2012)[2] and covers an area of 495.39 square kilometres (191.27 sq mi) of which 39.01 km2 (15.06 sq mi) is water.[1] There are all together 99 lakes in Petäjävesi. Biggest lakes are Jämsänvesi-Petäjävesi, Ala-Kintaus and Ylä-Kintaus. Karikkoselkä is a lake in Petäjävesi, which is formed by a meteorite.[6]The population density is 8.92 inhabitants per square kilometre (23.1 /sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The Petäjävesi Old Church is listed as an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Karikkoselkä impact crater is located southeast of the municipal centre.
[edit] Gallery
-
Petäjävesi Old Church interior
-
Petäjävesi New Church
-
Petäjävesi Old Church
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta-alat_2011_kunnannimenmukaan.xls. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 January 2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=5919&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=7996;193801. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "Petäjävesi (kunta)". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. http://www.jarviwiki.fi/wiki/Petäjävesi_(kunta). Retrieved 27 February 2012.
[edit] External links
Media related to Petäjävesi at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Petäjävesi – Official website
|
||||||||||||||
 |
This Western Finland location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
