Hankasalmi
Hankasalmi is a municipality of Finland.
Hankasalmi | |
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Municipality | |
| Hankasalmen kunta Hankasalmi kommun | |
 Hankasalmi railway station | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Hankasalmi in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 62°23′N 026°26′E / 62.383°N 26.433°ECoordinates: 62°23′N 026°26′E / 62.383°N 26.433°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Central Finland |
| Sub-region | Jyväskylä sub-region |
| Charter | 1872 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Matti Mäkinen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 687.75 km2 (265.54 sq mi) |
| • Land | 571.86 km2 (220.80 sq mi) |
| • Water | 115.89 km2 (44.75 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 149th largest in Finland |
| Population (2019-01-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 4,931 |
| • Rank | 172nd largest in Finland |
| • Density | 8.62/km2 (22.3/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 99.1% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 0.7% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 15.6% |
| • 15 to 64 | 60.5% |
| • 65 or older | 23.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20% |
| Website | www.hankasalmi.fi |
It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 4,931 (31 January 2019)[2] and covers an area of 687.75 square kilometres (265.54 sq mi) of which 115.89 km2 (44.75 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 8.62 inhabitants per square kilometre (22.3/sq mi). Neighbour municipalities are Kangasniemi, Konnevesi, Laukaa, Pieksämäki, Rautalampi and Toivakka.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Hankasalmi is the only authentic rural municipality in Jyväskylä, that offers its inhabitants and guests a wide range of opportunities in the housing, work and leisure sectors. Comprehensive services and good transport links by highway and rail ensure smooth handling. Hankasalmi has several elementary schools, a high school, and a high school where you can take part in high-level navigation training.
Known VillagesEdit
NatureEdit
There are all together 97 lakes in Hankasalmi. The biggest lakes are Kynsivesi-Leivonvesi, Armisvesi and Kuuhankavesi.[7]
Notable individualsEdit
- Aimo Minkkinen, longtime head of the Tampere Lenin Museum
- Antero Halonen, boxer
- Kaarlo Kartio, actor
- Kalevi Tarvainen, linguist and professor
- Kari Ihalainen, javelin thrower and track and field coach
- Lauri W. Pääkkönen, elementary school teacher and writer
- Matti A. Karjalainen, professor at the Helsinki University of Technology
- Matti Makkonen, politician
- Matti Rutanen, folk artist
- Mika Mölsä, crime journalist and fiction writer
- Niina Mäkinen, ice hockey player
- Onni Haini, journalist and writer
- Onni Pellinen, Olympic wrestler
- Paavo Rautkallio, politician
- Unto Poikolainen, Pesäpallo player
- Vilho Ylönen, cross-country skier and rifle shooter
Twin towns - sister citiesEdit
Hankasalmi is twinned with:[8]
Häädemeeste, Estonia
Karmøy, Norway
Mjölby, Sweden
GalleryEdit
Hankasalmi Observatory
Traditional fish soup cooked in Hankasalmi
A man with a wooden hat in Hankasalmi
Sunset over the Lake Kuuhankavesi
Lake Armisvesi in Hankasalmi
Lake Säkinlampi
A stream near Keskisenlampi nature trail in Hankasalmi
Keskisenlampi birdwatching tower
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Unto K. Laine: Muistokirjoitus. Helsingin Sanomat, 29.6.2010, s. B5. Artikkelin verkkoversio Archived 2015-01-08 at Archive.today.
- ^ "Hankasalmi". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "Kansainvälinen toiminta". hankasalmi.fi (in Finnish). Hankasalmi. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
External linksEdit
Media related to Hankasalmi at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Hankasalmi – Official site
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