Central Finland
Central Finland is a historic province and modern administrative region in the Finnish Lakeland. The region is characterized by steep, forested hills and numerous lakes, which are often deep compared to their size. The region is unilingually Finnish speaking.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Jyväskylä and Äänekoski.
Jyväskylä
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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.
Äänekoski
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Äänekoski is an industrial town in Central Finland. The adjacent municipality of Uurainen is also handled in this article.
Jämsä
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Jämsä is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region, about 58 kilometres southwest of Jyväskylä. The municipality has a population of 19,209, which makes it the second most populous town of the Central Finland after Jyväskylä.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Keuruu and Viitasaari.
Keuruu
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Keuruu is a town in Central Finland, Finland. The article also includes the former municipality of Pihlajavesi.
Viitasaari
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Viitasaari is a Finnish town and municipality located in the Central Finland region. It is located between the neighbouring municipalities of Pihtipudas to the north and Äänekoski to the south.
Saarijärvi
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Saarijärvi is a rural town and municipality in Central Finland, Finland. It is known for its beautiful nature, with forests and many lakes and rivers. It is a popular destination for outdoor activities such as hiking, fishing, and cross-country skiing.
Petäjävesi
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Petäjävesi is a small village in Central Finland. Its main claim to fame is its wooden church dating back to 1765, a World Heritage Site as an exemplary piece of Scandinavian wooden architecture.
Joutsa
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Joutsa is a town and municipality in Central Finland. The municipality of Luhanka is also handled in this article.
East Central Finland
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East Central Finland is a rural area in Central Finland, made up of the municipalities of Hankasalmi and Konnevesi.
Toivakka
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Toivakka is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region, near Jyväskylä. The municipality has a population of 2,333 and covers an area of 413.94 square kilometres of which 52.44 km2 is water.
Pihtipudas
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Pihtipudas is a municipality of Finland. Pihtipudas is known for the annual javelin carnival and for Lauri "Tahko" Pihkala, the inventor of Pesäpallo, the Finnish variant of baseball.
Muurame
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Muurame is a small municipality in Finland, situated about 20 km from Jyväskylä to the south. The population of Muurame is about 10,000.
Laukaa
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Laukaa is a municipality of 19,000 people in Central Finland. Saraakallio, the largest Stone Age rock painting site of Fennoscandia is located in Laukaa. The oldest paintings are about 6,600 years old.
Karstula
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Karstula is a municipality of Finland founded in 1867. It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 3,541 and covers an area of 963.19 square kilometres of which 76.22 km2 is water.
Multia
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Multia is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,384 and covers an area of 765.63 square kilometres of which 32.37 km2, or 11.5%, is water.
Kyyjärvi
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Kyyjärvi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region, about 120 kilometres northwest of Jyväskylä. The municipality has a population of 1,138 and covers an area of 469.61 square kilometres of which 21.39 km2 is water.
Salamajärvi National Park
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Salamajärvi National Park is in a rugged watershed region of Suomenselkä in the Inland Central Ostrobothnia and the Suomenselkä countryside. The Salamanperä Strict Nature Reserve borders the park.
Leivonmäki National Park
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Leivonmäki National Park is an easy to explore national park with diverse landscapes in Joutsa, Central Finland.
Central Finland
- Type: region of Finland with 275,000 residents
- Description: region of Finland
- Also known as: “Central Finland region”, “Central Finland Region”, “Keski-Suomen maakunta”, “Keski-Suomi”, and “Mellersta Finland”
- Neighbors: Central Ostrobothnia, North Savonia, Päijänne Tavastia, Pirkanmaa, South Savonia, and Southern Ostrobothnia
- Location: Finnish Lakeland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Central Finland” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Finlanda Qendrore”
- Arabic: “فنلندا الوسطى”
- Armenian: “Կենտրոնական Ֆինլանդիա”
- Asturian: “Finlandia Central”
- Azerbaijani: “Mərkəzi Finlandiya”
- Azerbaijani: “Södra Karelen”
- Balinese: “Finlandia Tengah”
- Basque: “Erdialdeko Finlandia”
- Belarusian: “Цэнтральная Фінляндыя”
- Bengali: “সেন্ট্রাল ফিনল্যান্ড”
- Bosnian: “Centralna Finska”
- Bulgarian: “Централна Финландия”
- Catalan: “Finlàndia Central”
- Cebuano: “Keski-Suomi”
- Chechen: “Йуккъера Финлянди”
- Chinese: “Tiong Hun-lân Tōa-khu”
- Chinese: “中芬蘭”
- Chinese: “中芬蘭區”
- Czech: “Střední Finsko”
- Danish: “Keski-Suomi”
- Danish: “Mellersta Finland”
- Dutch: “Centraal-Finland”
- Dutch: “Keski-Suomi”
- Dutch: “Mellersta Finland”
- Dutch: “Midden-Finland”
- Esperanto: “Keski-Suomi”
- Esperanto: “Mellersta Finland”
- Esperanto: “Meza Finnlando”
- Estonian: “Kesk-Soome maakond”
- Estonian: “Kesk-Soome”
- Finnish: “Keski-Suomen maakunta”
- Finnish: “Keski-Suomen Maakunta”
- Finnish: “Keski-Suomi”
- Finnish: “Mellersta Finland”
- French: “Finlande centrale”
- French: “Finlande-Centrale”
- French: “Keski-Suomi”
- French: “Mellersta Finland”
- Galician: “Finlandia Central”
- Georgian: “ცენტრალური ფინეთი”
- German: “Keski-Suomi”
- German: “Mellersta Finland”
- German: “Mittelfinnland”
- Greek: “Κεντρική Φινλανδία”
- Gujarati: “સેન્ટ્રલ ફિનલેન્ડ”
- Hebrew: “מרכז-פינלנד”
- Hebrew: “פינלנד המרכזית”
- Hindi: “सेंट्रल फिनलैंड”
- Icelandic: “Mið-Finnland”
- Inari Sami: “Koskâ-Suomâ eennâmkodde”
- Inari Sami: “Koskâ-Suomâ eennâmkodde”
- Indonesian: “Finlandia Tengah”
- Indonesian: “Keski-Suomi”
- Indonesian: “Mellersta Finland”
- Irish: “Lár na Fionlainne”
- Italian: “Finlandia centrale”
- Italian: “Finlandia Centrale”
- Italian: “Keski-Suomi”
- Italian: “Mellersta Finland”
- Japanese: “中央スオミ県”
- Kannada: “ಸೆಂಟ್ರಲ್ ಫಿನ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್”
- Komi-Permyak: “Кески Суоми”
- Korean: “중앙수오미 지역”
- Kotava: “SuomiaKeskiSuomiGola”
- Latin: “Finnia Media”
- Latvian: “Vidussomija”
- Lithuanian: “Vidurio Suomija”
- Lombard: “Finlandia Centrala”
- Malay: “Finland Tengah”
- Marathi: “सेंट्रल फिनलंड”
- Mazanderani: “میونه فلاند ناحیه”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tiong Hun-lân Tōa-khu”
- Northern Frisian: “Madelfinlun”
- Northern Sami: “Gaska-Suoma eanangoddi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mellersta Finland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Keski-Suomi”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mellersta Finland”
- Norwegian: “Mellersta Finland”
- Norwegian: “Midt-Finland”
- Ossetian: “Центрон Финлянди”
- Persian: “فنلاند مرکزی”
- Polish: “Finlandia Środkowa”
- Portuguese: “Finlândia Central”
- Portuguese: “Keski-Suomi”
- Portuguese: “Mellersta Finland”
- Romanian: “Finlanda Centrală”
- Russian: “Кески-Суоми”
- Russian: “Центральная Финляндия”
- Scots: “Central Finland”
- Serbian: “Средишња Финска”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Centralna Finska”
- Sinhala: “මද්යම ෆින්ලන්තය”
- Skolt Sami: “Kõskk-Lääʹddjânnam mäddkåʹdd”
- Skolt Sami: “Kõskk-Lääʹddjânnam”
- Slovak: “Keski-Suomi”
- Slovenian: “Osrednja Finska”
- Spanish: “Finlandia Central”
- Spanish: “Keski-Suomi”
- Spanish: “Mellersta Finland”
- Spanish: “Región de Finlandia Central”
- Swedish: “Keski-Suomen maakunta”
- Swedish: “Keski-Suomi”
- Swedish: “Landskapet Mellersta Finland”
- Swedish: “Mellersta Finland”
- Tamil: “சென்ட்ரல் பின்லாந்து”
- Tatar: “Үзәк Финляндия”
- Telugu: “సెంట్రల్ ఫిన్లాండ్”
- Thai: “เซนทรัล ฟินแลนด์”
- Turkish: “Orta Finlandiya”
- Ukrainian: “Центральна Фінляндія”
- Urdu: “وسطی فن لینڈ”
- Vietnamese: “Miền Trung Phần Lan”
- Vietnamese: “Trung Phần Lan”
- Western Panjabi: “وشکارلا فنلینڈ”
- Wu Chinese: “中芬兰区”
- Yue Chinese: “中芬蘭”
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