Hankasalmi
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Hankasalmi is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in 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] The population density is [convert: invalid number]. Neighbour municipalities are Kangasniemi, Konnevesi, Laukaa, Pieksämäki, Rautalampi and Toivakka.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Hankasalmi is the only authentic rural municipality in Jyväskylä, that offers its inhabitants and guests a wide range of opportunities in the housing, work and leisure sectors. Comprehensive services and good transport links by highway and rail ensure smooth handling. Hankasalmi has several elementary schools, a high school, and a high school where you can take part in high-level navigation training.
Known Villages
Nature
There are all together 97 lakes in Hankasalmi. The biggest lakes are Kynsivesi-Leivonvesi, Armisvesi and Kuuhankavesi.[4]
Notable individuals
- Aimo Minkkinen, longtime head of the Tampere Lenin Museum
- Antero Halonen, boxer
- Kaarlo Kartio, actor
- Kalevi Tarvainen, linguist and professor
- Kari Ihalainen, javelin thrower and track and field coach
- Lauri W. Pääkkönen, elementary school teacher and writer
- Matti A. Karjalainen, professor at the Helsinki University of Technology
- Matti Makkonen, politician
- Matti Rutanen, folk artist
- Mika Mölsä, crime journalist and fiction writer
- Niina Mäkinen, ice hockey player
- Onni Haini, journalist and writer
- Onni Pellinen, Olympic wrestler
- Paavo Rautkallio, politician
- Unto Poikolainen, Pesäpallo player
- Vilho Ylönen, cross-country skier and rifle shooter
Twin towns - sister cities
Hankasalmi is twinned with:[5]
Häädemeeste, Estonia
Karmøy, Norway
Mjölby, Sweden
Gallery
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Hankasalmi Observatory -
Traditional fish soup cooked in Hankasalmi -
A man with a wooden hat in Hankasalmi -
Sunset over the Lake Kuuhankavesi -
Lake Armisvesi in Hankasalmi -
Lake Säkinlampi -
A stream near Keskisenlampi nature trail in Hankasalmi -
Keskisenlampi birdwatching tower
References
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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total_areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Unto K. Laine: Muistokirjoitus. Helsingin Sanomat, 29.6.2010, s. B5. Artikkelin verkkoversio Archived 2015-01-08 at archive.today.
- ^ "Hankasalmi". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "Kansainvälinen toiminta". hankasalmi.fi (in Finnish). Hankasalmi. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
External links
Media related to Hankasalmi at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Hankasalmi – Official site
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