Jyväskylän maalaiskunta

The rural municipality of Jyväskylä (Finnish Jyväskylä Maalaiskunta [ JYVÄSKYLÄN mɑ ː lɑi̯skuntɑ ], swedish Jyväskylä landskommun ) is a former municipality in Finland. It included the area around the city of Jyväskylä, in which it was incorporated at the beginning of 2009.

After the City of Jyväskylä had already been founded in 1837, originated from the surrounding areas of the parish Jyväskylä in 1868 as part of the separation of the political communities of the church administration, the rural community of Jyväskylä. The rural community surrounded the area of ​​the city initially completely. With the growth of Jyväskylä areas from the rural community of the city of Jyväskylä were slammed successively. Last comprised the rural community of Jyväskylä an area of ​​534.4 km ² (of which 83.6 km ² inland waters) north-west or south-east of Jyväskylä. The largest population centers in the former rural community are the coalesced with the core city of Jyväskylä places Vaajakoski, Palokka and Tikkakoski, which houses the Jyväskylä airport. The administrative center was the city of Jyväskylä. The population of the rural community was quite a climb. In 2008 they amounted to 36 465 last.

Since large parts of the rural community of Jyväskylä already carry town character, hardly a clear transition to the actual Jyväskylä urban area is perceptible and the majority of residents in Jyväskylä works, buys and spends his spare time, the rural community was incorporated into the City of Jyväskylä in early 2009. At the same time the community Korpilahti was connected to the new wholesale Jyväskylä with around 130,000 inhabitants. At the time of the merger with the City of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä rural community was the last Finnish community, which still bore the name Land community.

Development of the population (as of December 31 in each case ):

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Onni Peltonen (1894-1969), Social Democratic politician
  • Tommi Mäkinen (born 1964 ), rally driver
  • Tommi Nikkilä ( b. 1977 ), professional ice hockey goaltender
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