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Jämsänkoski

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Jämsänkoski

Total population

7,351

Founded

1926

Land area448.67 km²
Coordinates61.92°, 25.18°

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City facts

Founded
1926
Area
448.67 km²
Official website
www.jamsankoski.fi

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Overview

Jämsänkoski is a former town and municipality of Finland in the Central Finland region. It is located near Lake Päijänne and the Jämsänjoki river. The town had a population of 7,351 in 2008. It covered an area of 448.67 km² of which 48.02 km² is water. The population density was 16.9 inhabitants per km².

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History & geography

History

Linnasenmäki, the remains of an Iron Age hillfort, are located in the southern part of Jämsänkoski near the paper mill. The area may have had Stone Age settlement as well. Jämsänkoski was originally only the name of the rapids in the Jämsänjoki river. The area was originally a part of the Jämsä parish. A sawmill has existed by the rapids since the 1790s. Paper production started in 1888, when Elieser Johansson and Per Benjamin Köhlin established a cellulose factory in the area. The settlement of Jämsänkoski grew around the factories. Jämsänkoski got its own parish in 1925 and became a separate municipality in 1926. The Jämsänkoski church was built in 1935. The municipality of Koskenpää was consolidated with Jämsänkoski in 1969. Jämsänkoski became a town in 1986. In 2009, Jämsänkoski became a part of Jämsä once again.

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Geography

Latitude
61.9191
Longitude
25.1793
Water area
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Notable people from here

Kyösti Lehtonen
Kyösti Lehtonen
Olympic wrestler (1931-1987)
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Nestori Toivonen
sport shooter (1865–1927)
Joonas Nättinen
Joonas Nättinen
Finnish ice hockey player
Ali Aaltonen
Ali Aaltonen
Lieutenant in the Imperial Russian army, journalist, and Finnish socialist leader (1884-1918)
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Heikki Häiväoja
Finnish sculptor (1929–2019)
Tuure Lehén
Tuure Lehén
Finnish-Soviet military officer and politician (1893-1976)
Merja Rantanen
Merja Rantanen
Finnish orienteer
Anssi Pentsinen
Anssi Pentsinen
Finnish cross-country skier
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Terhi Peltokorpi
Finnish politician
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Pekka Ruokola
Finnish boxer
Kristian Pulli
Kristian Pulli
Finnish athletics competitor
Markus Nenonen
Markus Nenonen
Finnish ice hockey player
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Karl Wilhelm Sirén
Finnish priest
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Juhani Komulainen
Finnish composer
Aarne Tanninen
Aarne Tanninen
Finnish journalist
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Aimo Pöyhönen

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
2.47
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
903

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

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Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
65
Avg daily Wikipedia views
2
Attention level
Obscure

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