Petäjävesi
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.Notable Places in the Area
Petäjävesi Old Church
Museum
The Petäjävesi Old Church is a wooden church located in Petäjävesi, Finland. Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Karikkoselkä
Historic site
Karikkoselkä is a lake formed in an impact crater in Petäjävesi, Finland. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Petäjävesi
- Type: Municipality of Finland
- Description: municipality in the region of Central Finland
- Location: Central Finland, Finnish Lakeland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
- Neighbors: Jyväskylä
Latitude 62.25° or 62° 15' north | Longitude 25.2° or 25° 12' east |
Population 3610 | Elevation 138 metres (453 feet) |
GeoNames ID 641974 |
Also Known As
- Albanian: Petäjävesi
- Asturian: Petäjävesi (conceyu de Finlandia)
- Asturian: Petäjävesi
- Asturian: conceyu de Petäjävesi
- Belarusian: Пецяявесі
- Catalan: Petäjävesi
- Cebuano: Petäjävesi
- Chinese: 佩泰耶韋西
- Chinese: 佩泰耶韦西
- Danish: Petäjävesi
- Danish: Petæjævesi
- Dutch: Petajavesi
- Dutch: Petäjävesi
- Esperanto: Petajavesi
- Esperanto: Petäjävesi
- Estonian: Petäjävesi
- Estonian: Petäjävesi vald
- Finnish: Petäjävesi
- French: Petaejaevesi
- French: Petajavesi
- French: Petäjävesi
- Galician: Petäjävesi
- German: Petäjävesi
- Inari Sami: Petäjävesi
- Indonesian: Petajavesi
- Indonesian: Petäjävesi
- Italian: Petajavesi
- Italian: Petäjävesi
- Northern Sami: Petäjävesi
- Norwegian: Petäjävesi
- Norwegian Bokmål: Petäjävesi
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Petäjävesi
- Polish: Drewniany kościół w Petäjävesi
- Polish: Petäjävesi
- Romanian: Petajavesi
- Romanian: Petäjävesi
- Russian: Петяйявеси
- Russian: Петяявеси
- Spanish: Petajavesi
- Spanish: Petäjävesi
- Swedish: Petäjävesi
- Turkish: Petäjävesi
- Ukrainian: Петяйявесі
- Vietnamese: Petäjävesi
Other Places Named Petäjävesi
- PetäjävesiLake, Central Finland, Finland
- PetäjävesiRailway stop, Central Finland, Finland
In the Area
Localities
- PetäjävesiTown
- PiesalankyläVillage
- KoskensaariHamlet
- KintausVillage
- KukkaroVillage
- PaljakkokalliotLocality
Landmarks
- Petäjäveden uusi kirkkoChurch
- SankaripatsasMemorial
- sankarihautausmaaCemetery
- AamumaaPlayground
- PetäjävesiBus station
- KelvejärviWater feature
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