Konnevesi

For the lake, see Lake Konnevesi.

Konnevesi
Municipality
Konneveden kunta
Konnevesi kommun
The municipal house of Konnevesi
The municipal house of Konnevesi
Coat of arms of Konnevesi
Coat of arms
Location of Konnevesi in Finland
Location of Konnevesi in Finland
Coordinates: 62°37.7′N 026°17′E / 62.6283°N 26.283°E / 62.6283; 26.283
Country Finland
RegionCentral Finland
Sub-regionÄänekoski sub-region
Charter1922
Government
 • Municipal managerKari Levänen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total
680.85 km2 (262.88 sq mi)
 • Land512.94 km2 (198.05 sq mi)
 • Water167.95 km2 (64.85 sq mi)
 • Rank171st largest in Finland
Population
 (2024-10-31)[2]
 • Total
2,458
 • Rank236th largest in Finland
 • Density4.79/km2 (12.4/sq mi)
Population by native language
[2]
 • Finnish97.9% (official)
 • Others2.1%
Population by age
[3]
 • 0 to 1412.6%
 • 15 to 6453.1%
 • 65 or older34.2%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.konnevesi.fi

Konnevesi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the former province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 2,458 (31 October 2024)[2] and covers an area of 680.85 square kilometres (262.88 sq mi) of which 167.95 km2 (64.85 sq mi), or almost 25%, is water.[1] Neighbouring municipalities are Hankasalmi, Laukaa, Rautalampi, Vesanto and Äänekoski. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

There are altogether exactly 100 lakes in Konnevesi. The biggest lakes are Keitele, Lake Konnevesi and Liesvesi.[5] The population density is 4.79 inhabitants per square kilometre (12.4/sq mi).

The logging tongs appearing in Konnevesi's coat of arms refer to local forestry. The coat of arms was designed by Gustaf von Numers, and the Konnevesi municipal council approved it in its meetings on 23 April 1964. The Ministry of the Interior approved the coat of arms for use on 21 August that year.[6][7]

History

The toponym Konnevesi was first mentioned in 1554 as Konnevessij äremarch. The name is derived from the lake Konnevesi, which in turn likely refers to a Sámic word meaning "deer" (reconstructed proto-Sámic *kontē).[8]

Konnevesi was separated from Rautalampi in 1922.[8] A municipal merger with Laukaa was planned in 2012, but was not accepted by the municipal government of Konnevesi.[9]

Villages

  • Aholankylä
  • Alakylä
  • Alkula
  • Heikkilä
  • Hiekkalankylä
  • Hytölä
  • Hänniskylä
  • Ilomäki
  • Ilvesaho
  • Istunmäki
  • Itikkakylä
  • Itäsaari
  • Jokijärvi
  • Jouhtikylä
  • Kangasharju
  • Kangaskylä
  • Kivisalmi
  • Kyönälänkylä
  • Kärkkäiskylä (Kirkonkylä)[10]
  • Lahdenkylä
  • Lapunmäki
  • Leskelänkylä
  • Lummukankylä
  • Mäkäräniemi
  • Pesiäissalmi
  • Pukara
  • Pukaranranta
  • Pyhälahti
  • Pyydyskylä
  • Rappaatlahti
  • Rinteenmäki
  • Rokkapohja
  • Rossinkylä
  • Ruuskankylä
  • Salmenkylä
  • Sauvoniemi
  • Siikakoski[10]
  • Silmutjoki
  • Sirkkamäki
  • Suokylä
  • Sydänmaankylä
  • Särkisalo
  • Tankolampi
  • Toikkalankylä
  • Töhkerönmäki
  • Uurapohja
  • Varuskunta
  • Välimäki

[11]

Dialect

The dialect of Konnevesi is a Savonian dialect. The dialect is transitional between the Central Finnish and Northern Savonian subgroups, with the speech of the western villages having more Central Finnish features while the speech in the eastern villages (such as Mäkäräniemi) is closer to the Northern Savonian dialects.[12]

Notable individuals

  • Konnevesi Church
    Konnevesi Church
  • A windmill at Konnevesi Museum
    A windmill at Konnevesi Museum
  • Lake Keitele in Konnevesi
    Lake Keitele in Konnevesi
  • Siikakoski rapid
    Siikakoski rapid
  • Neituri canal
    Neituri canal

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 19 November 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Konnevesi". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  6. ^ Suomen kunnallisvaakunat (in Finnish). Suomen Kunnallisliitto. 1982. p. 141. ISBN 951-773-085-3.
  7. ^ "Sisäasiainministeriön vahvistamat kaupunkien, kauppaloiden ja kuntien vaakunat 1949-1995 I:10 Konnevesi" (in Finnish). Kansallisarkiston digitaaliarkisto. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  8. ^ a b "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 176. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  9. ^ Jenni Mehtonen (23 April 2012). "Laukaan ja Konneveden kuntaliitos kaatui - Yle Uutiset". yle.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Konneveden kylät - Konneveden kunta". konnevesi.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Kylät - Konneveden kunta". konnevesi.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  12. ^ "Savolaismurteiden alue". sokl.uef.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2022.

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