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Juankoski is a former town and municipality of Finland. In March 2014, the Juankoski city council decided that the town would merge with Kuopio in the beginning of 2017.[1]
Juankoski | |
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Former municipality | |
| Juankosken kaupunki Juankoski stad | |
 Säyneinen Church in Juankoski | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Juankoski in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°04′N 028°20′E / 63.067°N 28.333°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Northern Savonia |
| Sub-region | Northeastern Savonia sub-region |
| Charter | 1925 |
| Town privileges | 1998 |
| Consolidated | 2017 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Petri Kangasperko |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | www.juankoski.fi |
Juankoski is located in the province of Eastern Finland, part of the Northern Savonia region. It covers an area of 586.26 square kilometres (226.36 sq mi) of which 120.99 km2 (46.71 sq mi) is water.[2] Juankoski formally became a town in 1998.
Neighbouring municipalities of Juankoski include Juuka, Kaavi, Tuusniemi, Kuopio, Nilsiä and Rautavaara.
The former municipality is unilingually Finnish.
History
editIn 1746, Brynolf Brunou established an ironworks near the rapids between Vuotjärvi and Akonvesi.[3] The area was a part of the Nilsiä chapel community of the Kuopio parish. Nilsiä became a separate parish in 1816 and a municipality in 1869.[4] Juankoski was moved to the Muuruvesi parish in 1907, remaining a part of it until Juankoski became a separate municipality in 1923.[5] Muuruvesi and Säyneinen were consolidated with Juankoski in 1971.[6]
Juankoski was consolidated with Kuopio in 2017.
Museum Masuuni Brunou focuses on the area's iron and cardboard industry, as well as local history.
Villages
editAkonvesi, Hipanlahti, Jouhteninen (Joutseninen), Muuruvesi (village), Säyneinen (village), Vehkalahti, Västinniemi and Akonpohja, which is located in address 73500
People
edit- Kaj Chydenius, composer
- Jaakko Kolmonen, TV chef
- Juice Leskinen, songwriter
- Anssi Neuvonen, songwriter / musician
References
edit- ^ Inkinen, Marita Tiihonen, Sanna. "Juankoski päätti liittyä Kuopioon". Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2016. National Land Survey of Finland
- ^ "Historia - Juankosken Kulttuurihistoriallinen Seura ry". museobrunou.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved December 29, 2022.
- ^ "Historiaa - Nilsiän Pitäjä ry". nilsia.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved December 29, 2022.
- ^ "Suomen Sukututkimusseura". hiski.genealogia.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved December 29, 2022.
- ^ "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 110. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
External links
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Media related to Juankoski at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Juankoski – Official website
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