Konnevesi
Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality Konnevesi is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the former province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.)[1]
and covers an area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] is water.[2] There are all together exactly 100 lakes in Konnevesi. The biggest lakes are Keitele, Lake Konnevesi and Liesvesi.[3] The population density is [convert: invalid number].
Neighbouring municipalities are Hankasalmi, Laukaa, Rautalampi, Vesanto and Äänekoski.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Villages
Hänniskylä, Hytölä, Istunmäki, Kärkkäiskylä (l. Kirkonkylä), Lummukka, Mäkäräniemi, Pukara, Pyhälahti, Rossinkylä, Siikakoski, Sirkkamäki, Särkisalo, Lahdenkylä, Pyydyskylä (l.Välimäki), Leskelänkylä, Jouhtikylä and Tankolampi.
Notable individuals
- Juha Karjalainen, former soccer player
- Miika Lahti, ice hockey player
Surnames
The most common surnames in Konnevesi and their frequencies as of 2014:[4]
- 1. Liimatainen (1:22)
- 2. Varis (1:26)
- 3. Rossi (1:33)
- 4. Hytönen (1:35)
- 4. Korhonen (1:35)
- 6. Manninen (1:43)
- 7. Hänninen (1:44)
- 8. Minkkinen (1:50)
- 9. Puttonen (1:57)
- 10. Huuskonen (1:63)
Gallery
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Konnevesi Church
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A windmill at Konnevesi Museum
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Lake Keitele in Konnevesi
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Siikakoski rapid
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Frozen Lake Konnevesi
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Kivisalmi bridge on the border of Konnevesi and Rautalampi
References
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Konnevesi". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ Most common surnames in Konnevesi
External links
Media related to Konnevesi at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Konnevesi – Official website Template:Fi icon