Jämsä

Jämsä
Town
Jämsän kaupunki
Jämsä stad
Jämsänkoski Rapids

Coat of arms

Location of Jämsä in Finland
Coordinates: 61°52′N 025°11′E / 61.867°N 25.183°E / 61.867; 25.183Coordinates: 61°52′N 025°11′E / 61.867°N 25.183°E / 61.867; 25.183
Country  Finland
Region Central Finland
Sub-region Jämsä sub-region
Charter 1866
Government
 • Town manager Tapani Mattila
Area (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total 1,823.90 km2 (704.21 sq mi)
 • Land 1,571.34 km2 (606.70 sq mi)
 • Water 252.57 km2 (97.52 sq mi)
Area rank 39th largest in Finland
Population (2017-08-31)[2]
 • Total 21,055
 • Rank 52nd largest in Finland
 • Density 13.4/km2 (35/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 98.8% (official)
 • Swedish 0.1%
 • Others 1.1%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 15.9%
 • 15 to 64 62.7%
 • 65 or older 21.4%
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5] 21%
Website www.jamsa.fi

Jämsä is a town and municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 21,055 (31 August 2017)[2] and covers an area of 1,823.90 square kilometres (704.21 sq mi) of which 252.57 km2 (97.52 sq mi) is water.[1] There are all together around 465 lakes in Jämsä. The largest lakes are Päijänne, Koljonselkä and Lake Kuorevesi.[6] The population density is 13.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (35/sq mi).

The municipality is Finnish.

The municipality of Kuorevesi was consolidated with Jämsä in 2001. The municipality of Längelmäki was partly consolidated with Jämsä in 2007. The municipality of Jämsänkoski was consolidated with Jämsä in the beginning of 2009.

It is the center of Finnish aeronautics industry – the aircraft factory and aeronautical engineering offices of Patria is located at Halli Airport in Jämsä.

Since 1994, the ski slope at Himos has been used as a super special stage at the Rally Finland.

Twin cities

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, elokuu 2017" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "Jämsä". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  7. ↑ "Ystävyyskaupungit" (in Finnish). Suomalais-venäläinen kauppakamari. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  8. ↑ "Jämsä" (in Finnish). Suomen kaupunkiopas. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  9. ↑ "Jämsä" (in Finnish). Suomen kaupunkiopas. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  10. ↑ "Jämsä" (in Finnish). Suomen kaupunkiopas. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

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