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Muurame

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Country
  
Finland

Charter
  
1921

Municipal tax rate
  
19.5%

Region
  
Central Finland

Sub-region
  
Jyväskylä sub-region

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Local time
  
Wednesday 9:17 PM

Muurame

Area rank
  
280th largest in Finland

Weather
  
2°C, Wind SW at 14 km/h, 85% Humidity

Muurame is a municipality of Finland, located 16 kilometres (10 mi) south-west of Jyväskylä. Muurame itself is located between two lakes, Lake Päijänne and Lake Muuratjärvi. These two lakes are connected to each other via River Muurame. All together there are 37 lakes in Muurame. Biggest lakes beside Päijänne are Muuratjärvi and Lake Kuusjärvi. River Muurame streams through the population center of Muurame. Muurame was founded in 1921.

Contents

Map of 40950 Muurame, Finland

Church of Muurame is of Alvar Aalto's design.

Athletes

  • Emilia Nyström, Finnish beach volleyball
  • Erika Nyström, Finnish beach volleyball
  • Jussi Pesonen_(ice hockey), ice hockey player
  • Harri Pesonen, ice hockey player
  • Mikko Ronkainen, Freestyle skier
  • Twinnings

  • Alatskivi Parish, Estonia
  • Vinje, Norway
  • References

    Muurame Wikipedia