Suonenjoki
Suonenjoki | |
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Town | |
Suonenjoen kaupunki Suonenjoki stad | |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 13% |
• 15 to 64 | 54.4% |
• 65 or older | 32.6% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | suonenjoki |
Suonenjoki (Finnish pronunciation: .
The town has a population of 6,710 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 862.34 square kilometres (332.95 sq mi) of which 148.78 km2 (57.44 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 9.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (24/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
History
Suonenjoki is thought to have served as a milestone in the Treaty of Nöteborg in 1323. In the 16th and 17th centuries, more and more people began to change in the area, and in the 18th century, a preacher room was established in Suonenjoki, then a chapel. In the current agglomeration, bridges over the river of Suonenjoki were built early, Kruunusilta (literally means "Crowns Bridge") already existed in 1780, and Siioninsilta (means "Zion Bridge") at the beginning of the river was replaced by a bridge in the 1830s.[6]
When Suonenjoki gained
Geography
The neighbouring municipalities of Suonenjoki are
Villages
- Herrala
- Hulkkola
- Jauhomäki
- Karkkola
- Kukkola
- Kutumäki
- Kutunkylä
- Kuvansi
- Käpylä
- Kärkkäälä
- Lempyy
- Liedemäki
- Luukkola
- Lyytilänmäki
- Markkala
- Nuutila
- Piispalanmäki
- Pörölänmäki
- Rajalanniemi
- Rieponlahti
- Sydänmaa
- Toholahti
- Tyyrinmäki
- Vauhkola
- Vehvilä
- Viippero
- Jalkala
- Karsikonmäki
- Suontee
- Suihkola
- Kolikkoinmäki
- Kinnula
Culture
Suonenjoki is famous for its strawberries[7] giving the town its coat of arms, three strawberry leaves. It is also known as "the Strawberry Town". Many foreigners, mainly from Ukraine and Russia, come to Suonenjoki in summer to work on strawberry farms. That makes Suonenjoki the most international town of Finland at summer. There is a party in Suonenjoki in July called Mansikkakarnevaalit, "Strawberry Carnival".[12][13][14][15] There was also a rock festival named Jörisrock, the last "Jöris" was held in 2006. Nowadays, "Jöris" has been replaced by a music event called Iisrock.
There is also three museums, library and artshow.
Newspaper Sisä-Savo is published in Suonenjoki and nearby municipalities.
Transportation
Suonenjoki is situated between two important cities, Kuopio and Jyväskylä, and the main road 9 (E63) between those cities goes through Suonenjoki. The railway between Kuopio and Helsinki goes also through the center of Suonenjoki.
Notable people
- Veijo Baltzar, author and visual artist
- Aatu Hämäläinen, ice hockey player
- Kalle Jalkanen, cross-country skier
- Erkki Junkkarinen, singer
- Lauri Kerminen, volleyball player
- pornstar
- Rauno Miettinen, Nordic combined skier
- NHL
- Markku Rossi, politician
- Liisa Suihkonen, cross-country skier
- schlagersinger
See also
References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b Suonenjoen keskustan ja Iisveden kulttuuriympäristö (in Finnish)
- ^ a b Suonenjoen mansikka 100 vuotta: kaikki alkoi kansakoulunopettaja Leskisen 12 taimesta (in Finnish)
- ^ Suonenjoen lukio: Koulun historiaa (in Finnish)
- ^ a b VisitSavo - Luonto (in Finnish)
- ^ Lintharjun ulkoilualue - Suonenjoki (in Finnish)
- ^ Kutvonen (in Finnish)
- ^ The Suonenjoki Strawberry Carnival
- ^ About Suonenjoki
- ^ President Niinistö on virtual visits to Suonenjoki and Seinäjoki: Municipalities have shown their ability to respond and adapt
- ^ Visit Suonenjoki
External links
Media related to Suonenjoki at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Suonenjoki – Official website (in Finnish)
- Suonenjoen kesäkartta – A summer map of Suonenjoki from the town site (in Finnish)