Muurame | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
| Muuramen kunta Muurame kommun | |
 Muurame church, designed by Alvar Aalto | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Muurame in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 62°08′N 025°40.5′E / 62.133°N 25.6750°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Central Finland |
| Sub-region | Jyväskylä sub-region |
| Charter | 1921 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Ari Ranta-aho |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 194.05 km2 (74.92 sq mi) |
| • Land | 144.06 km2 (55.62 sq mi) |
| • Water | 49.99 km2 (19.30 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 280th largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-10-31)[2] | |
• Total | 10,566 |
| • Rank | 91st largest in Finland |
| • Density | 73.34/km2 (189.9/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 97.9% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 2% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 21.5% |
| • 15 to 64 | 59.7% |
| • 65 or older | 18.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
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.[6] River Muurame streams through the population center of Muurame. Muurame was founded in 1921.
The Muurame church is of Alvar Aalto's design, being his first church design to be completed in 1929.[7] It was comprehensively restored in 2016 to its original design.[7]
- ^ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-11-19. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Muurame". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Alvar Aallon nuoruudensynti remontoidaan alkuperäiseen loistoonsa" [Alvar Aalto's 'aberration of youth' to be restored to its original glory] (in Finnish). Yle. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2020.