Muurame

Muurame [ mu ː rɑmɛ ] is a municipality with 9567 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the catchment area of the city of Jyväskylä in Central Finland.

Geography

Muurame is located approximately 16 kilometers southwest of the city Jyväskylä. Since the merging of Korpilahti and the rural community the administrative city Jyväskylä Jyväskylä Muurame surrounds in three directions. To the east is bordered Muurame to the community Toivakka.

The community center of Muurame lies on an isthmus between the lakes Päijänne and Muuratjärvi. The eponymous Muurame River flows through the community center from the Muuratjärvi in the lower-lying Päijänne. About a quarter of the municipal area is occupied by lakes.

The majority of the inhabitants Muurames, about 6,500 people live in the community center and the surrounding residential areas Kotiranta - Paavalinvuori, Hautalanmäki - Tervamäki, Rajala - Sulunsalmi, Verkkoniemi - Velkapohja, Jaakkola and Pitkälä - Riihiniemi. Further away from the center of the districts are Kinkonmaa ( 1,000 inhabitants; 8 km away), Isolahti (450 inhabitants, 15 kilometers away ) and Niittyaho (450 inhabitants, 5 km away).

The State Road 9 ( E 63 ) from Turku to Kuopio leads in a north-south direction through the center of Muurame and connects it to the nearby Jyväskylä. From the northern edge of Muurame the road is expanded highway like. Parallel to the main road, railway line runs from Tampere to Jyväskylä by Muurame, but the community does not have its own railway station.

History

In the area of Muurame there was no long -sedentary settlement, the wilderness but was used by the Hämeern as a hunting ground. The first homesteads in Muurame emerged only in the 15th century. In the 16th century, settlers migrated from the Savo region. The village Muurame belonged at that time to the parish Jämsä.

When in 1865 the management of political communities became separated from the church administration, was Muurame part of the community Korpilahti. From this they split in 1921 from a separate municipality. In 1924 split of the Muurame located on an island in Lake Päijänne community Säynätsalo from. After the latter had gained further areas in several phases, it was 1994, an exclave of the City of Jyväskylä, with which they had no common land border at the time affiliated.

Policy

The strongest party in Muurame are the Social Democrats with ten of 35 seats in the municipal council, the highest decision-making body for local affairs, followed closely by the Centre Party with nine seats. The third major party of Finland, the National Coalition Party is, with seven MPs quite strong. Furthermore, represented in the City Council, the Left Alliance with four, the Christian Democrats and the three Green federal government and the right-wing populist True Finns are each provided with a seat community director of Muurame since 2004 Ari Ranta -aho.

Muurame is twinned with the Norwegian municipality Vinje (since 1986) and Alatskivi in Estonia ( since 1992).

Economy

Muurame is in the economic catchment area of Jyväskylä, and therefore has an urban industrial structure. The economy of the municipality has experienced after the economic crisis of the nineties a steep upswing. The unemployment rate in 2000 was still 13.2 percent, in 2006 was only 8 percent. At the same time, the population of 8250 in 2001 (December 31, 2012 Status ) has risen to 9567.

From the professional working population 58.7 percent in the service sector and 31.4 percent are employed in the industry. The largest industrial employers are predominantly of engineering industry or are located in the vicinity of the wood processing industry. Of some importance is the tourism. In the summer, many families spend their holidays in their own or rented Mökkis the lake in the winter, the main attraction is the ski center Riihivuori. This "idiot Hill" has 5 ski lifts and slopes allows 8 runs with an altitude difference of up to 120 meters.

Monuments

Of architectural interest is the 1929, designed by Alvar Aalto completed parish church of Muurame. It is Aalto's first church building and combines neoclassical and functionalist style features. In particular, it is the influence of the Renaissance basilicas of Italy noted that Aalto in 1924 visited on his honeymoon. Thus, the ground plan of the nave long church, but especially the entrance on the west side in its design is modeled as a stylized triumphal arch Alberti's Sant'Andrea in Mantua. The entrance to the small Südvorbaus is designed as a loggia, which somewhat offset standing bell tower on the east side as Campanile. Inside, the Italian theme in the fresco of the apse is taken up; the work of painter William Lönnberg ( Peter and John heal the lame man before the Beautiful Gate of the temple in Jerusalem ) is in the style of Florentine masters. The strictly designed interior in 1979 fundamentally transformed so that Aalto's work can no longer be viewed in their original condition here.

Another attractions is the " Sauna Village ", an open air museum with 30 historic saunas from different parts of Finland. The University Hospital of Kinkomaa at Muurame was completed in 1930 as a tuberculosis sanatorium, now the functionalist hospital complex is a listed building.

Sons and daughters

Jukka Rauhala (* 1959), Ringer
Pekka Rauhala (* 1960), Ringer
Mikko Ronkainen (born 1978 ), freestyle skis
Emilia Nystrom (* 1983), beach volleyball player
Erika Nystrom (* 1983), beach volleyball player

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