Jyväskylä
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Jyväskylä | ||
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Ceety | ||
| Jyväskylän kaupunki | ||
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| Coordinates: 62°14.5′N 025°44.5′E / 62.2417°N 25.7417°ECoordinates: 62°14.5′N 025°44.5′E / 62.2417°N 25.7417°E | ||
| Kintra |  Finland | |
| Region | Central Finland | |
| Sub-region | Jyväskylä sub-region | |
| Charter | 1837 | |
| Govrenment | ||
| • Ceety manager | Markku Andersson | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Ceety | 1,466.34 km2 (566.16 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 1,170.99 km2 (452.12 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 295.35 km2 (114.04 sq mi) | |
| Aurie rank | 70t lairgest in Finland | |
| Population (2013-08-31)[2] | ||
| • Ceety | 133,420 | |
| • Rank | 7t lairgest in Finland | |
| • Density | 113.94/km2 (295.1/sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 176,870 | |
| Population bi native leid | ||
| • Finnish | 96.7% (offeecial) | |
| • Swadish | 0.2% | |
| • Ithers | 3% | |
| Population by age | ||
| • 0 tae 14 | 16.4% | |
| • 15 tae 64 | 69.8% | |
| • 65 or aulder | 13.8% | |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19% | |
| Unemployment rate | 11.8% | |
| Wabsteid | www.jkl.fi | |
Jyväskylä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈjyvæsˌkylæ]) is a ceety an municipality in Central Finland in the wastren pairt o the Finnish Lochland. It is the lairgest ceety in Central Finland an on the Finnish Lochland. Jyväskylä is locatit on the northren coast o Loch Päijänne, 147 kilometres (91 mi) north-east o Tampere an 270 kilometres (170 mi) north o Helsinki. The hilly an forested terrain in Jyväskylä is surroondit bi hundrits o lochs. Simmers in Jyväskylä are wairm an winters cauld an snawy.
Internaitional relations[eedit | eedit soorce]
Twin touns — Sister ceeties — Friendship ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Jyväskylä is a member ceety o Eurotouns network[6] an is twinned wi:
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References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Area by municipality as of 1 Januar 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish an Swadish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 Mairch 2011.
- ↑ "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.8.2013" (in Finnish an Swadish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 Dizember 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 Mairch 2009.
- ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 Dizember 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 Apryle 2009.
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 Mairch 2011.
- ↑ "Eurotowns".
- ↑ "Die Partnerstädte der Landeshauptstadt Potsdam". www.potsdam.de (in German). Retrieved 24 June 2010.
- ↑ "Poznań - Miasta partnerskie". 1998–2013 Urząd Miasta Poznania (in Polish). City of Poznań. Archived frae the oreeginal on 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2013-12-11.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ "Poznań Official Website - Twin Towns".
(in Polish) © 1998–2008 Urząd Miasta Poznania. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ↑ "Twin Cities". City of Jyväskylä. 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ↑ Terhi Saranen (31 August 2005). "Ystävänä kaupunki". Jyväskylä lehti. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
