Vaajakoski

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Vaajakoski

Coordinates62.25°, 25.86°

Demographic figures from Statistics Finland. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Vaajakoski is a district of Jyväskylä, Finland and the centre of Vaajakoski-Jyskä ward. It is located seven kilometres from the city centre on the Northern end of lake Päijänne, where it is bordered by Jyskä to the west, Sulunperä and Kaunisharju to the north, Tölskä to the west and Haapaniemi to the south. As of January 2012 the population of Vaajakoski district was 1503.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Tommi Mäkinen

Finnish rally driver

Tommi Nikkilä

Finnish ice hockey player

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Marko Palo

Finnish ice hockey player

Onni Peltonen

Finnish politician (1894–1969)

Jyri Marttinen

Finnish ice hockey player

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Kimmo Pallonen

Finnish pole vaulter

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Topi Kankainen

Finnish actor (1912-1957)

Arvo Hannikainen

Finnish violinist and composer

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Heimo Helminen

Finnish politician

Hjalmar V. Pohjanheimo

Finnish filmmaker (1867–1936)

Kyösti Järvinen

Finnish academic and politician (1869–1957)

Erkki Kansanaho

Finnish priest (1915–2003)

Janne Korhonen

Finnish footballer

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Jari Jääskeläinen

Finnish ice hockey player

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Päiviö Tommila

Finnish historian (1931-2022)

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Pekka Kostiainen

Finnish composer and choir director

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

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