Muurame
Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality 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.[1] River Muurame streams through the population center of Muurame. Muurame was founded in 1921.
Church of Muurame is of Alvar Aalto's design.
Distances
Notable people
Athletes
- Emilia Nyström, Finnish beach volleyball
- Erika Nyström, Finnish beach volleyball
- Jussi Pesonen_(ice hockey), ice hockey player
- Harri Pesonen, ice hockey player
- Mikko Ronkainen, Freestyle skier
Gallery
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Nature trail in Muurame -
Boats in Muurame -
Boats on the lake Saarenlahti -
Eurocopter AS 350 B2 Ecureuil at 2nd Vellipohja stage in Rally Finland 2007 -
Freight railway wagons in Muurame -
Kinkomaa Hospital (northern end) -
Lake Sääksjärvi -
Nursing home (next to the hospital of Kinkomaa) -
Muurame Church -
Orivesi-Jyväskylä railway in Muurame -
Jari-Matti Latvala in Neste Oil Rally 2010 in Muurame -
Vuorenlahti neighbourhood -
Lake Muuratjärvi
Twinnings
Alatskivi Parish, Estonia[2]
Vinje, Norway[3]
References
- ^ "Muurame". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "Välissuhted" (in Estonian). Alatskivi vald. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
- ^ "Muurame Info" (in Finnish). Municipality of Muurame. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
External links
Media related to Muurame at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Muurame – Official website Template:Fi icon
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