:Muurame

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Muurame

| official_name = {{lang|fi|Muuramen kunta}}
{{lang|sv|Muurame kommun}}

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Muuramekirkko.jpg

| image_caption = Muurame church, designed by Alvar Aalto

| image_shield = Muurame.vaakuna.svg

| shield_size = 120x80px

| image_map = Muurame sijainti Suomi.svg

| map_caption = Location of Muurame in Finland

| coordinates = {{coord|62|08|N|025|40.5|E|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Central Finland

| subdivision_type2 = Sub-region

| subdivision_name2 = Jyväskylä

| leader_title = Municipal manager

| leader_name = Ari Ranta-aho

| established_title = Charter

| established_date = 1921

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| blank_name = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_name|Muurame}}

| blank_info = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_info|Muurame}}

| timezone = EET

| utc_offset = +02:00

| timezone_DST = EEST

| utc_offset_DST = +03:00

| website = {{URL|https://www.muurame.fi/}}

}}

Muurame is a municipality of Finland, located {{convert|16|km|0}} south-west of Jyväskylä, the regional capital of Central Finland. Muurame itself is located between two lakes, Lake Päijänne and Lake Muuratjärvi. These two lakes are connected to each other via River Muurame. Altogether there are 37 lakes in Muurame. The biggest lakes beside Päijänne are Muuratjärvi and Lake Kuusjärvi.{{cite web |url=http://www.jarviwiki.fi/wiki/Muurame |title=Muurame |date=2012 |work=Järviwiki |publisher=Finland's Environmental Administration |access-date=27 February 2012}} River Muurame streams through the population center of Muurame, which was founded in 1921.

The Muurame church is of Alvar Aalto's design, being his first church design to be completed in 1929.{{cite news |title=Alvar Aallon nuoruudensynti remontoidaan alkuperäiseen loistoonsa |trans-title=Alvar Aalto's 'aberration of youth' to be restored to its original glory |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-7898439 |access-date=9 September 2020 |publisher=Yle |date=31 March 2015 |language=fi}} It was comprehensively restored in 2016 to its original design.

Name

Muurame is a dialectal word referring to the cloudberry, which also can be seen in the municipal coat of arms. Similar toponyms nearby include Muuratsalo, Muuratjärvi, Muuramenlampi and Muuratharju.{{Cite web|title=SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|url=https://kaino.kotus.fi/www/verkkojulkaisut/julk63/SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|page=278|access-date=November 9, 2022|website=kaino.kotus.fi|language=fi}}

History

Muurame was originally a part of the Jämsä. There were also external hunting grounds of Pälkäne in the area.{{cite book

|author-surname = Jalkanen

|author-given = Kaarlo Jonathan

|title= Rautalammin vanhan hallintopitäjän historia

|page = (attached map)

|date= 1900

|volume=

|edition= 2010

|location= Jyväskylä

|publisher= SKS

|language= fi

|isbn= 978-952-222-221-3

}}

In 1539, there were four farms in Muurame: two of the estates paid taxes to Jämsä, while the other two were taxed from Pälkäne.{{cite book

|author-surname = Virkkala

|author-given = Kalevi

|title= Suur-Jämsän historia I

|page = 121

|date= 1954

|volume=

|edition=

|location= Forssa

|publisher= Municipalities of Jämsä, Korpilahti, Petäjävesi, Muurame, Säynätsalo, Jämsänkoski and Koskenpää

|language= fi

|isbn=

}}

Korpilahti, including Muurame, was separated from Jämsä in 1861.{{Cite web|title=Suomen Sukututkimusseura - Korpilahti|url=https://hiski.genealogia.fi/seurakunnat/srk?CMD=SRK&ID=224&TYPE=HTML&LANG=FI|access-date=June 13, 2023|website=hiski.genealogia.fi|language=fi}} Muurame was in turn separated from Korpilahti in 1921.{{Cite web|title=SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|url=https://kaino.kotus.fi/www/verkkojulkaisut/julk63/SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|page=278+437|access-date=June 13, 2023|website=kaino.kotus.fi|language=fi}} Säynätsalo was separated from Muurame ecclesiastically in 1922{{Cite web|title=Suomen Sukututkimusseura - Säynätsalo|url=https://hiski.genealogia.fi/seurakunnat/srk?CMD=SRK&ID=532&TYPE=HTML&LANG=FI|access-date=June 13, 2023|website=hiski.genealogia.fi|language=fi}} and administratively in 1924.Suomalainen paikannimikirja, page 437.

Notable people

= Athletes =

Twinnings

  • {{flagicon|Estonia}} Alatskivi Parish, Estonia{{cite web|title=Välissuhted|url=http://www.alatskivi.ee/?nodeid=118&lang=et&|publisher=Alatskivi vald|access-date=2 May 2012|language=et}}
  • {{flagicon|Norway}} Vinje, Norway{{cite web|title=Muurame Info|url=http://www.muurame.fi/fi/muurame_info/|publisher=Municipality of Muurame|access-date=7 May 2012|language=fi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014065403/http://www.muurame.fi/fi/muurame_info/|archive-date=14 October 2016}}

See also

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