Orivesi
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Town of Orivesi | |
Oriveden kaupunki Orivesi stad | |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 14.6% |
• 15 to 64 | 55.3% |
• 65 or older | 30.1% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www.orivesi.fi |
Orivesi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈoriˌʋesi]) is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the northeast of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Orivesi is approximately 9,000, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 417,000. It is the 112th most populous municipality in Finland.
Orivesi has an area of 960.09 square kilometres (370.69 sq mi) of which 160.53 km2 (61.98 sq mi) is water.[2] The population density is 11.06 inhabitants per square kilometre (28.6/sq mi). The municipality official language is monolingually Finnish.[7]
Orivesi was founded in 1869.
Orivesi was the location of the Oriveden Opisto art school which moved to Tampere in 2018.[9]
Geography
Orivesi has more than 350
There is a gold mine opened in 1990 in Orivesi, from which more than 15 tons of gold have been mined.[12]
Culture
Food
In the 1980s, blood sausage and mustikkapöperö were named Orivesi's traditional parish dishes.[13]
Sports
Orivesi is home to the Oriveden Fortuna, an
People
- Juho Lehmus (1858 – 1918)
- Josua Järvinen (1871 – 1948)
- Kustaa Jussila (1879 – 1964)
- Eetu Jussila (1882 – 1973)
- Martti Peltonen (1901 – 1973)
- Antero Kivi (1904 – 1981)
- Aimo Jokinen (1931 – )
- Tarmo Koivisto (1948 – )
- Juha Kivi (1964 – )
- Tapio Saramäki (1953 – )
See also
References
- ^ a b "Oriveden kaupunki". www.orivesi.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2018-09-11.
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "(Luokitusavain: kunta_1_20210101) | Tilastokeskus". www.stat.fi. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
- ^ "Finto: yso-paikat: Orivesi". finto.fi. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
- ^ "Ahlman tarjoaa Oriveden opiston kiinteistöjä kaupungille yhdellä eurolla – "Verottajan käsityksen mukaan kokonaisuuden arvo on 4,3 miljoonaa euroa"". Aamulehti (in Finnish). 2019-06-20. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
- ^ "Oriveden kaupunki". www.orivesi.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2021-09-20.
- ^ Hannu Tarmio, Pentti Papunen & Kalevi Korpela: Suomenmaa 6: maantieteellis-yhteiskunnallinen tieto- ja hakuteos, p. 19–24. Porvoo-Helsinki: WSOY, 1976. ISBN 951-0-06465-3. (in Finnish)
- ^ Orivesi Gold Mine - Dragon Mining
- ^ Jaakko Kolmonen: Kotomaamme ruoka-aitta: Suomen, Karjalan ja Petsamon pitäjäruoat, p. 75. Helsinki: Patakolmonen Ky., 1988. (in Finnish)
- ^ Sponsorointiyhteistyö - Case: Fortuna Ry, sivu 7; Timo Hiltunen; Opinnäytetyö Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu 2011 (in Finnish)
External links
Media related to Orivesi at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Orivesi – Official website finnish