Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä is a lively university city and the capital of Central Finland. About a third of the city's 148,000 inhabitants are students. Beautifully set between lakes and ridges, many motorsports fans are familiar with the city as the Neste Oil Rally of the World Rally Championships series takes place around the city each July.Places of Interest
Highlights include Sallaajärven Aarnialue (luonnonsuojelualue) and Yläinen Kotajärvi.
Sallaajärven Aarnialue (luonnonsuojelualue)
Nature reserve
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sallaajärven Aarnialue (luonnonsuojelualue) is a nature reserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Isolahti and Hanhiperä.
Isolahti
Village
Isolahti is a village in Muurame, Finland, located in the northwestern part of the municipality north of lake Muuratjärvi. The distance to both central Muurame and Jyväskylä is about 14 kilometers.
Hanhiperä
Hamlet
Photo: Kapulakone, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hanhiperä is a district and a statistical area of Jyväskylä, Finland. It is a remote part of Jyväskylä with only a few houses and only 6 permanent inhabitants as of 2021.
Keltinmäki
Suburb
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Keltinmäki is a district of Jyväskylä, Finland. It is located about 5–6 kilometers southwest of the city center. Keltinmäki was built mostly during the 1970s, but some areas in the district were built in the 1980s–2000s. Keltinmäki is situated 4½ km northeast of Jyväskylä.
Jyväskylä
- Type: Locality with 144,000 residents
- Also known as: “179” and “Jyvaeskylae”
- Location: Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finnish Lakeland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.2081° or 62° 12′ 29″ northLongitude
25.6074° or 25° 36′ 27″ eastPopulation
144,000Elevation
176 metres (577 feet)Open location code
9GJ76J54+6XGeoNames ID
655195
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Swedish—“Jyväskylä” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Jyväskylä”
- Finnish: “Jyväskylän Kaupunki”
- Swedish: “Jyväskylä”
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