Joroinen





Municipality in Southern Savonia, Finland







































































































Joroinen



Joroinen – Jorois

Municipality

Joroisten kunta
Jorois kommun

Joroinen church
Joroinen church



Coat of arms of Joroinen
Coat of arms


Location of Joroinen in Finland
Location of Joroinen in Finland

Coordinates: 62°11′N 027°50′E / 62.183°N 27.833°E / 62.183; 27.833Coordinates: 62°11′N 027°50′E / 62.183°N 27.833°E / 62.183; 27.833
Country
 Finland
Region Southern Savonia
Sub-region Pieksämäki sub-region
Charter 1631
Government

 • Municipality manager Joonas Hänninen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]

 • Total 711.76 km2 (274.81 sq mi)
 • Land 575.43 km2 (222.17 sq mi)
 • Water 136.3 km2 (52.6 sq mi)
Area rank
148th largest in Finland
Population
(2019-01-31)[2]

 • Total 4,793
 • Rank
177th largest in Finland
 • Density 8.33/km2 (21.6/sq mi)

Population by native language
[3]

 • Finnish
98.2% (official)
 • Swedish
0.4%
 • Others
1.5%

Population by age
[4]

 • 0 to 14
15.6%
 • 15 to 64
64.3%
 • 65 or older
20.1%
Time zone
UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)
UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]
 19.25%
Website www.joroinen.fi

Joroinen (Swedish: Jorois) is a municipality of Finland.


It is located in the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 4,793 (31 January 2019)[2] and covers an area of 711.76 square kilometres (274.81 sq mi) of which 136.3 km2 (52.6 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 8.33 inhabitants per square kilometre (21.6/sq mi).


Neighbouring municipalities are Juva, Leppävirta, Pieksämäki, Rantasalmi and Varkaus.


The municipality is unilingually Finnish.


Varkaus Airport is located in Joroinen.


Joroinen has the biggest frisbeegolf course in Finland with 36 fixed tracks.[6][7]


Joroinen is often called Paris of the Savonia because in the 1700s the people of the manor spoke mainly French.[8]




Contents






  • 1 Some villages


  • 2 Historic manor houses of the area [9]


  • 3 International relations


    • 3.1 Twin towns — sister cities




  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Some villages









  • Joroisniemi

  • Järvikylä

  • Kaijonkylä

  • Kaitainen

  • Katisenlahti

  • Kerisalo

  • Kerisalonsaari

  • Kotkatlahti

  • Kurkela

  • Kuvansi

  • Koskenkylä

  • Lahnalahti

  • Maavesi

  • Montola

  • Ruokojärvi

  • Ruokoniemi

  • Tahkoranta

  • Uumaa


Historic manor houses of the area [9]



  • Frugård

  • Hoviniemi

  • Joroisniemi, Braseborg

  • Juhanala

  • Järvikylä

  • Karhulahti

  • Korhola

  • Koskenhovi

  • Kotkanhovi

  • Paajala, Örnevik

  • Pasala

  • Puomila

  • Räisälänranta

  • Stendal

  • Torstila

  • Tuomaala

  • Virrantalo

  • Vättilä



International relations


See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland


Twin towns — sister cities


Joroinen is twinned with:



  • Estonia Ülenurme, Estonia


References





  1. ^ ab "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ ab "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.


  3. ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.


  4. ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.


  5. ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.


  6. ^ Pallonen, Kalle. "Joroisiin rakenteilla Suomen suurin frisbeegolf-rata". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Yle Uutiset. Yle Uutiset.


  7. ^ "Kotkatharjun ulkoilualue - Radat - Frisbeegolfradat.fi". Frisbeegolfradat.fi (in Finnish).


  8. ^ Nykänen, Helmi. "Joroisissa on itsetunto kohdillaan: "Savon Pariisi on aika korskean komea titteli omittavaksi"". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish).


  9. ^ "Herrasväen asuinpaikat - Eteläsavon kartanot ja kartanoiksi kutsutut". kirjasto.mikkeli.fi.




External links


Media related to Joroinen at Wikimedia Commons



  • Municipality of Joroinen[permanent dead link] – Official website










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