Ilmajoki

Ilmajoki (Swedish: Ilmola ) is a municipality in the western Finnish landscape Southern Ostrobothnia ( at 31 December 2012) with 12,017 residents. The community is only Finnish speakers.

Ilmajoki founded in 1516 as a chapel community and originally comprised much of the surrounding land, including the now independent cities and towns Alavus, Jalasjärvi, Kauhajoki, Kurikka and Seinäjoki.

The parish church of the town is a wooden cruciform church with roof skylights and a freestanding bell tower and was built in 1764-65. The municipality existed in its current form since 1865; the center of the settlement form the now grown-together places Ilmajoki, Koskenkorva and Ahonkylä, next to belong to the municipality of the places Huissi, Jouppila Kiikerinkylä, Könni, Luoma, Munakka, Nopankylä, Peltoniemi, Peräkylä, Peurala, Pojanluoma, Rengonkylä, Röyskölä, Seittunkylä, Tuomikylä, Ujaistenkylä and Varpahaiskylä.

Ilmajoki located on both sides of the river and Kyrönjoki is rural. Nationally known Ilmajoki for the fired in the district Koskenkorva barley liquor Koskenkorva Viina, the most consumed spirit in Finland. The distillery Altia Group employs around 130 people on site.

Culturally, Ilmajoki is for the summer opera festival held annually since 1975 Ilmajoen known musiikkijuhlat. Also Ilamjoki has several internationally successful sports people, including the Ringer Arvo Haavisto and Marko Yli- Hannuksela and the javelin thrower Tero Pitkämäki. The pesäpallo - team of the club Koskenkorvan Urheilijat plays in the Superpesis, the top division of the sport.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Arvo Haavisto (1900-1977), Ringer
  • Matti Paasivuori (1866-1938), Social Democratic politician
  • Tero Pitkämäki (* 1982 ), javelin thrower
  • Jussi Rintamäki (* 1935), Athlete
  • Marko Yli- Hannuksela (born 1973 ), wrestler
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